Google Trends result shows that people still prefer to get their body
inked and appears more and more are becoming addicted to it rather than
getting pierced. That is, piercing of the
navel or bellybutton. It is so rare to meet someone without any of these
two forms of body arts, almost everyone (especially young adults)
Tattoos and Body Piercing have been present since the ancient time
and today the most common forms of body arts among other types include
scarification, branding, scalpelling, shaping (i.e. tight-lacing of
corsets), full body tattoo and body painting.
Tattoos back to over 4,000 B.C. have big differences compared with
today’s though. Most tattoos long time ago were only made up of simple
dots and lines and no real symbolism could be made out of those designs
but were just part of medical or spiritual healing process. Tribal
tattooing is believed to be the second form of tattooing, some tribes
use it on their warriors to show bravery and strength but others use the
tattoo as a form of recognition for becoming a man.
Different piercings have different heritages and backgrounds. Ear lobe
piercing is the most common and the oldest type of piercing, while
tongue piercing was first practiced as part of rituals of the ancient
Aztecs, Mayas, Kwakiutul, and Tlinglit tribes and nose piercing were
first discovered in the Middle East about 4,000 years ago. Roman
soldiers and warriors would pierce their nipples for mainly two reasons.
One was to show strength, courage, and bravery, and the second was for
the use of hanging their capes off of their leather breastplates while
in battle.
Tattooing today has changed since it first began. It is believed that a
lot of people use it as their way of expressing themselves, or
rebellion. So as body piercings, and surprisingly, there is a piercing
that does not date back to ancient culture. That is, piercing of the
navel or bellybutton. It is so rare to meet someone without any of these
two forms of body arts, almost everyone (especially young adults).
Google Trends result shows that people still prefer to get their body
inked and appears more and more are becoming addicted to it rather than
getting pierced.
I have nothing against these body decorations or body arts, I even
argued once which is better between the two. Not everyone has to get a
tattoo or may want to add more holes to their body and it is every
individual’s choice to make I believe, but, if you do, please learn the
health risks of it (I’m sure we all know what those are) before doing
so.
Body Arts, the Trends of Google
