They say that when in the XIX century in Europe, returned the sailor, who spent many years with the natives in New Zealand, looked at him as a rare wonder. The ladies at the sight of him faint, because the whole body was covered with sailor tattoos.
The word "tattoo" has come to us from the Polynesian languages as a result of travels of Captain Cook in Tahiti. For the Maori of New Zealand's process of applying tattoos have spiritual significance. Male Maori tattoo was applied all over the face. Each drawing, which is sometimes done in a few weeks, was a unique and highly amplified features a particular person. But in general it is not unique to the distant natives.
Here are a dozen stories about tattoos.
