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What first comes into your mind when you see a person with a tattoo?
Freedom?
Coolness?
Independence?
Batangas City Jail?
When I see one, I always tell myself that I should also get one.
I think Miami and LA ink just got into me so badly and now I see tattoos as a form of art.
And I believe there’s nothing wrong with it.
My mom, in behalf of all the people that I know strongly negates it though.
They say tattoo is but a mere ugly stain etched on one’s body. That tattooed people can’t be hired for a decent position in the office.( unless you work for a tattoo parlor, of course)
Still, there would be tons and tons of reasons why one should NOT have a tattoo.
However, there are also a cupful of reasons why one SHOULD get one.
Though I think the aforementioned cupful would require open mindedness.
So open your minds ladies and gentlemen, here are the reasons why one should not be scared of having his skin uhmmm… modified by a tattoo artist.
1. There are tattoo shops that are accredited by the DOH
The Department of Health certifies tattoo artists and shops that have sterilized tattooing tools and of course, an artist must attend a seminar on proper tattooing procedure.
This certainly lessens the fear of accumulating diseases via needle pricks.
2. Tattoo is a part of Philippine Culture
Tattooing has been a part of Filipino tribal life since pre-Hispanic colonisation of the Philippine Islands,
When the Spanish first landed in the Philippine Islands, they were met by the tribal people of the Visayas, who had full body tattooing, the Spanish dubbed these Islands as “La Isla De Los Pintados” or “The Islands of the Painted Ones”. Tattooing in the Philippines is a tribal form of rank and accomplishments, some tribes believed that tattoos had magical qualities.
The more famous tattooed Filipino tribes where the tribal peoples of the mountains of North Luzon, especially among the Bontoc Igorot, Kalinga, and Ifugao peoples, which were infamous for Head-hunting. A tribal member received a tattoo (known as a “Chaklag”) which meant they have taken the head of an enemy tribe or warrior. There are many very different variations, traditions and styles of tattooing in the Philippines, most depend on the region and tribe they come from as each vary.– wikipedia.org
It may not sound as a lame excuse if you have ” I want to preserve a rich culture such as the Tattoo culture of the Philippines” as your reason, and if you mean what you say, that is.
3. Tattoo as a form of independence
Tattoo is like a more brute version of cigarettes, I daresay. For when one is tattooed, he intensifies his identity. See, tattoos are not supposed to be just a bludgeon of ink on one’s skin.
Tattoos, I believe, are supposed to be bold statements of one’s views in life and are not merely for the aesthetics.
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See, one would not totally transform into a criminal ones he put on some ink on his skin.
Well, it’s true that some would have a tattoo just for showboating. However, “non-posers” would have them for a deeper reason that a closed mind would not even dare accomodate.
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