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Tattoos today is no surprise. However, they are still mixed feelings. What about them just say no! We will tell you the most interesting.





Adorning her body permanent images of people began more than 4 thousand years ago, as evidenced by the excavations of the Egyptian pyramids. However, tattooing was used in the past - in a primitive society to refer to a tribe, race, social class, as well as warding totem. First official sources about tattoos described drawings Polynesia, hence the name, "tattoo" - from the word "tattoo", which means "drawing." James Cook pointed to the existence of the tattoos in the 1773 circumnavigation notes. It is noteworthy that in Europe tattoo existed up to this point, but did not have a recognized name and widespread. By the way, in Russia first known connoisseur of tattoos to Uncle Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Tolstoy-American.

Tattoos in Russia



Arab diplomat Ibn Fadlan reported 921-922 years. rusah wrote, "And from the edge of the nail (nails) of any of them (Rus) to his neck (there is) a collection of trees and images (things, people?), and the like ...." However, his "Rus" - most Scandinavians. It is noteworthy that the tattoo in Russia often worn by women. Their body image is put amulets.

The roots of Russian tattoos go to the pagan times when patterning on the body was a kind of ritual and part of magic rituals. After the formation of Kievan Rus tattoo has lost its original meaning, and from the moment of Baptism and was banned altogether as an attribute of the pagan faith. Only in the time of Peter I began to revive the art of tattooing as an art practice.

Japanese geisha

Initially, the Japanese geisha tattoo served a practical function - bypassing the ban bare body. Ornate patterns created the illusion of a cloth cover with colored drawings. "Bare" remained a palm, face, neck and feet. A special kind of Japanese tattoos were cacus-boro by means of rubbing the cuts rice powder. These tattoo appears on inflamed body, while in a normal state at normal temperature and were barely visible. In addition, a tattoo of a Geisha could be one of the five proofs of love (the other four - cutting hair, nails, writing vows of love and fidelity, and even cutting off the little finger).

Famous Tattooed



Contrary to the opinion of the tattoo, as an attribute of the subculture, his body decorated with drawings of many famous personalities. The Emperor Nicholas II on his chest adorned with a sword and a dragon in the future for them to add the name of his wife. Winston Churchill was wearing on the body drawing the anchor, and his mother stuffed image of a narrow band on the wrist, which could hide behind a massive accessory. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, on the chest and at all was a large tattoo with the image of a family coat of arms (pictured).

But our contemporary, Iosif Kobzon, on his shoulder in blue ink was once displayed "Do not forget your own mother," the actor later got rid of this line. According to unconfirmed reports, flaunted tattoos on the bodies of Albert Einstein, Catherine II, Peter I and Joseph Stalin.

Most Tattooed



At the moment, the world's recorded several cases of fanatical body decoration tattoos. The most famous fan of tattoos recognized Australian Lucky Diamond Rich, who has spent nearly 1,000 hours to cover their bodies with tattoos (pictured).

Rick Genest, aka people-zombies sustained 24-hour session of drawing on the body. Dennis Avner, a man-cat, went even further, in addition to tattoos, "decorating" the body and face piercings and multiple implants. Among the adherents of reincarnation also noted the man-leopard Tom Leppard, the lizard-man Eric Sprague and people zebra Horace Ridler. And the most tattooed woman says Julia midges, the woman began to cover his body drawings are not a whim, but because of a rare skin disease, which traumatized the skin, leaving scars all over the body of Julia.

Tattoo and church



Information about the negative attitude of the Christian church to the tattoo is not always true. For example, taking the natives in their religion, Catholics were applied to their body image crosses. It was believed that having a tattoo, people will not be able to move to another faith. The Catholic Church not only does not prevent, but also promotes the application of religious tattoos slope with the church - at the moment there are about a hundred officially registered associations, where you can make the church a tattoo and even sanctify it immediately after application. The Orthodox Church still classifies as a tattoo care and paganism refers to this kind of jewelry negatively. If the body - the temple of God, the graffiti on it can be interpreted as a mockery.

Magnetic resonance imaging



We often hear that the MRI is contraindicated in the presence of tattoos on his body. This is true in the case of using ink containing enzymes metal. The fact that the magnetic rays imager attract metal particles in the ink, which causes unpleasant pain. In addition, these particles are able to provoke the distortion artifacts and affect the results of the scan.

In modern interiors with metallic paint enzymes used rarely. If your tattoo more than 20 years, the metal particles in it are no longer present. But if you have doubts and fears, choose alternative - ultrasound or computed tomography. They advise patients in the presence of metallic implants or pacemakers.

Sponsored tattoos



This marketing ploy has spread relatively recently - from the time when tattoos were already adopted the broad masses of people. In 2013, the company Rapid Realty, a real estate, offered its employees an unprecedented deal - higher wages by 15% for those who dare to tattoo on his body company logo.

Some fans of the "easy money" earn a living in such a simple way. For example, an amateur boxer Billy Gibby has more than two dozen tattoos on the body and face, which enable it to pay the bills without any extra work. In addition to the logo of the Free Tax Service Body Billy shown some links to porn sites and company logo Host Gator.