For Borneo's Dayak peoples, spirits embody everything: animals, plants, and humans. Many groups have drawn on this power by using images from nature in their tattoos, creating a composite of floral motifs using plants with curative or protective powers and powerful animal images.
Tattoos are created by artists who consult spirit guides to reveal a design. Among Borneo's Kayan people, women are the artists, a hereditary position passed from mother to daughter. Among the Iban, the largest and most feared indigenous group in Borneo, men apply the tattoos.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Borneo's Traditional Tattoos
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2 comments:
Borneo hav a million art and culture that everyody almost forget. We must keep it.
Wow, banyaknya tatoo...
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