Tattoo is actually the meaning of the word tattoo in English, and the original word tatu is in Latin, which comes from the country of Tahiti located in the Pacific Ocean. This word became like this after being translated into English and "to mark something" is the original meaning of the word. Tattoo is a word from Middle Persian language. The word tattoo is also used in Persian language, which is actually a word from the English language. Tattoo appeared in the English language in the 18th century. Linguists believe that tatoo came into English from the Samoan language meaning to knock.
Tattooing is probably as old as painting. The world's first tattoos have been observed on the body of Utsi or the Iceman, which belongs to 5300 years ago. In 1991, the frozen body of a man with 61 tattoos was found in the Alps. Otsi's tattoos were small and indistinct. Just a few dots and lines, anthropologists believe that these were places of some kind of acupuncture for therapeutic purposes at that time. It is surprising that such tattoos were made during the Neolithic or Bronze Age because this amount of damage to the skin required several months to repair, and such knowledge is astonishing for that time. During his voyages in the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century, he saw a variety of indigenous people with various tattoos. It is said that 90% of the crew of his ship had tattoos on their bodies as a reminder of their sea voyages.
The sailors of the British Navy followed this custom and tattooed souvenirs of sea voyages on their bodies. They prepared a substance known as sea ink by combining urine and gunpowder. In the late 19th century, the tattoo machine was invented based on Thomas Edison's printing machine. This device was built in 1875 and has not changed much since then. It can still pierce the skin between 50 and 3,000 times per minute. Over time, tattoos have become a way to express each person's personal story.
Tattooing in Iran
Tattooing in Iran goes back to very old historical periods. Statues have been found in Pazyryk and Lorestan from the Achaemenid period, which have tattoo marks on their bodies. Maulvi, in the spiritual metaphor, also mentions the story of the Qazvini warrior (a lion without a mane and a tail) to the act of tattooing under the title of bruising.
Shaaban Jafari in a part of his memories about tattooing: At that time, those who did ancient sports were mostly naked in the gymnasium, and they wanted to have a mole or two on them, and so on. Most of the time, Rome is beaten in prison... the prisoners themselves, who are in prison, are beaten. After all, there were people there who, for example, tattooed in prison. Most of them do this in prison.
Also, at the end of the book, he states that:
"Tattooing is not part of the Zorkhaneh ceremony and it is never exclusive to athletes and wrestlers. Tattooing has only become common in prisons since the last half century. "In the older photos, there are no traces of tattoos on the hands, arms and chests of the fighters."
Tattooing in Iran has been common among wrestlers and ignorant mobsters.
Woman with tattoos in Polynesia
The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, traditionally tattoo their faces. Today, facial tattoos are also common among the Amazigh in North Africa, the Maori of New Zealand, and the Ataial of Taiwan. Tattooing is particularly common among Polynesian peoples, and some ethnic groups in Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, the Mentavian Islands, Africa, North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, New Zealand, and Micronesia.