Mayan tattoo
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The ethnic trend is very popular among tattoo lovers, which includes images of ancient peoples such as Maori, Slavs, Celts, including Indians.
When it comes to the latter, the Mayan tattoo is most often implied. It is very difficult to tattoo this Indian tribe. In this case, there is no question of a special technique for applying an image to the skin, although the hand of a professional is also needed here.
The difficulty is to convey meaning, which the future tattoo will bear.
Only fragments of this civilization have survived to our time, leaving us only small examples of the art of this people. Much of the tribe's culture has been lost. That is why, in most cases, it is so difficult to convey the meaning of a Mayan tattoo.
All members of the tribe worshiped various deities, among which was, for example, the god Akat. It was he who was responsible for painting the human body with tattoos. It is known that the men of the tribe were magnificent warriors, and the images on their bodies served as marks of their valiant exploits and military victories. The bravest ones had their bodies completely covered in tattoos.
Of course, you should not conclude that every person who put a Mayan tattoo on his body is related to military exploits. At the same time, this tattoo looks quite aggressive. Even a non-specialist in this field can understand that the picture itself does not look very friendly.
And yet, today, those who fill themselves with Mayan tattoos, by and large, simply show an interest in this extinct civilization, which had a highly developed and rich culture. Sometimes the images on the body of this people are confused with the drawings of the Aztec tribe.
The fundamental difference between them is that the Maya made themselves tattoos of military significance, and the Aztecs - religious ones.
Storyline and style features
If you walk through the tattoo parlors, you can see that most of the masters offer to fill the body with Mayan-style tattoos depicting a pyramid or an eagle on them. Also, due to a number of filmed art tapes in this direction, another remarkable image appeared in the form crystal skull, which is considered one of the extinct artifacts of this ancient people. Very often, images of totem animals are stuffed on the body.
A distinctive feature of Mayan tattoos is their unique font, which is a large number of thin lines. Therefore, in order to perform such work, the master must be highly qualified and have sufficient experience behind him.
Other features of this trend in tattoos include:
- graphic lines in black;
- a wide variety of small details;
- accurate drawing.
Most of the Mayan tattoos have a circle among the symbols depicted, which is associated with the sun or the cycle of life. Such an image, like all tattoos in this direction, look very stylish on the hand.
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