| Aloha! Hawaiian tattoo designs and body arts have | | | | Comparing to their neighbors from other islands |
| a long history of more than a thousand years. | | | | within the Polynesian chain like Maori and Samoan, |
| But, it wasn't until the 1990's and when celebrities | | | | Hawaiian tattoo designs tend to be larger and |
| started bearing them, only then these tattoo | | | | bolder in size and colours. Few common Hawaiian |
| designs started coming back into fads. | | | | tattoo designs are: |
| In the Hawaiian culture, getting a tattoo is looked | | | | - Arrows |
| upon as a very important ritual. It was such an | | | | - Flowers |
| important part of their life to the extent that the | | | | - Dolphins |
| Hawaiians even pray to a tattoo god each time | | | | - Lizards (Hawaiians have great respect for |
| someone in the community gets a tattoo. | | | | lizards) |
| And not so much for fashion purpose or simply to | | | | - Sea Turtle |
| look cool, Hawaiians only get tattoo for a few | | | | Besides these traditional tattoo art works, there |
| purposes: | | | | are the much "cooler" Hawaiian band tattoo |
| - Mourning For A Loved One - For remembrance | | | | designs. The Hawaiian band tattoo design is very |
| of a love one lost | | | | popular amongst tattoo lovers today because of |
| - Talisman For Protection - To protect and ward | | | | the "modern" yet traditional look that it has. |
| off evil spirits or enemy | | | | If you want to look for unique and exclusive |
| - Personal Identifications - Identify themselves as | | | | Hawaiian tattoo art works, go check out my |
| a community or group | | | | blogs on the hottest and most talked about |
| Therefore, most Hawaiian tattoos have a certain | | | | tattoo galleries online from the link below! |
| meaning or significance behind it. | | | | |