My Custom Tattoo: Tattoo Designs

For the Polynesian people in areas such as Tahiti tattooing has always been a way of life that dates all the way back to their tribal culture. In the ancient times they lived together in tribes. Often tattooing was used as a rite of passage and also to mark the social status of an important person in the tribe. Read on to learn more about ancient tribal Tahitian tattooing practices.