Maori Tattoos Art and Traditional Maori Tattoos
Maori tattoo art is beautiful, bold and painful! The Maori tattoos consist of multiple designs placed over the entire body. They are beautiful shapes, symbols and dark, distinct patterns. Fabulous spirals are among the most common seen. Most Maori people will place these beautiful designs on their face, buttocks and legs. In the Maori language, these beautiful tattoos are called "Ta Moko" in the Maori tribe, which means to strike or tap. Traditional Maori tattoos are carved into the skin with a small chisel instead of punctured into the skin by a needle like we see now.
The Maori men generally have these designs tattooed over their entire body. The Maori women generally are tattooed on the lips, chin, back and neck. The tattoo is done with a chisel made of bone or animal tusk and takes hours, even years to complete. Today when someone has a tattoo like this done, it can take up to a year to complete.
Interestingly enough, the tattoo ink comes from a common vegetable substance and the other portion is from the caterpillar. The black tattoo ink that is commonly used for the face is made of wood that is heavily burned. Maori tattoo art usually will start around adolescence for the boys, and is used to celebrate a milestone event or series of events throughout their life, representing childhood into their adulthood.
Maori tattoo art and Maori traditional tattoos is still very much a common practice and gaining greater popularity in New Zealand today and many celebrities have adorned themselves these tattoos.
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What a disgrace to an ancient art form…. Tino tapu alright!
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In the modern day world Kirituhi can be seen on the New Zealand rugby teams as they perform the Haka which is a Maori war dance. This was mirrored by a revival in Maori culture which led to a lot of Maori rediscovering and wearing Ta Moko. Alongside this Moko renaissance many high profile musicians such as Robbie Williams and Ben Harper got Moko inspired tattoos. This inevitably led to an outcry by Indigenous Maori claiming that Pakeha (white face!) should not be allowed to exploit indigenous culture.
Out of these circumstances Kirituhi was revived to accommodate this worldwide interest in Maori culture. Although the revived Kirituhi had to modified to suit not only the interest in Maori culture and art but also the worldwide revival in tattoos. So the ancient form of Kirituhi which was painted onto the skin using charcoal pain would now be tattooed onto the skin.
Most importantly, to honor the integrity of Maori culture Kirituhi would NOT contain Whakapapa which is the family/tribal genealogy or Kaupapa which is the family/tribal stories. At the same time it would satisfy the demand and interest in Moko without offending a Maori person who believed that a non Maori person should ever be allowed to receive Moko tattoos.
For those non Maori people who are attracted by Moko art it is suggested to go for Kirituhi instead to avoid any accusations of cultural theft or being labeled a fake. Maori culture has endured cultural imperialism for hundreds of years. For a non Maori person copying a Maori tattoo is akin to the colonialists who sailed into their land and plundered their artifacts and artworks without their permission.