In preparing for the National Traditions presentations tomorrow, I had to research the styles and functions of Marquesan tattooing. I learned some really interesting things. One of the things that I found most interesting was the reasoning behind why Marquesan women typically only had their hands tattooed. From what I found, it seemed the tattooing practice was primarily centered around men, with rituals being based around the eldest son and male warriors being the primary focus of a lot of papers. On the other hand, it seemed as if women were only really obligated to tattoo their hands. One passage I found stated that women were obligated to tattoo their hands at around 12 years old because of their beliefs about what the tattoos held. The tattoos held special properties that would allow the girls to then be able to make certain foods that the tattooed men can eat. The idea that tattoos on the hands of women also served as a protection from the energy of the afterlife was also intriguing to me. I never thought that the Marquesans would remove the tattoos from a man’s body when they die and that it was the wife’s job to rub them off. However, considering the ideas that the Marquesans had about death and the afterlife, it makes sense why women sought to protect themselves by markings. Overall it was just interesting to see how a culture so different from what I know utilized tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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