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Originally, tribal tattoos were used to identify the members of certain tribes, to represent the social status of the person that wears the tattoo or to remember battles that were fought. These days, the tribal tattoo art is popular fashion and people that choose to get tribal tattoos choose them from from an aesthetic point of view. There are a lot of popular tribal tattoo designs but the most popular are the ones that include dragons and butterflies. Any spot on the body can accomodate a tribal tattoo but the back and arms are the most popular chosen places, followed by the ankle, calf and chest.
Generally, tribal tattoos are influenced by native and indigenous tribal art, tribal tattoo art comes from old tribes such as:
Ireland is the source for celtic tattoo art and the most popular celtic designs are the knot tattoo and the cross tattoo, both are made of loops and spiral designed with never ending lines symoblizing the cycle of death and rebirth. Other celtic designs include animals such as tigers and lions.
The aborigens from New Zealand are called Maori and their tribal tattoo art is called Moko. Incredible is the right word to describe their trbial tattoo art, the Moko designs of a person were used to enchance the prestige and to make the trasition to a higher social status. Sacredness of chieftainship was proclaimed by the Moko designs, at the highest level.
In North America, many Indian tribes exist and they have a lot of different tribal tattooing traditions. A common custom was to use tribal tattoos to show the rank of the person in the tribe. Another custom that might have been used was to tattoo weapons on the men and tools used for labor on women, weapons outranking the tools of labor.