| For the past hundreds of years, several cultures | | | | everything. They can be used to signify the rite |
| throughout the world have been using the special | | | | of passage and as a way to define the social |
| tribal designs for tattoos. These have been used | | | | status of someone. As a matter of fact, these |
| as a way to decorate one's own body and for | | | | designs have a different variety of importance |
| communal identification. But in the more recent | | | | along with the culture which they come from. |
| years, the use of these tribal tattoo designs have | | | | Some of these tribal art can be traced back to |
| multiplied and grown in order to accommodate the | | | | before 2000 BC. Even up to this date, these |
| demand of people that want to get the tattoo | | | | designs are still being used for social and cultural |
| with this design. | | | | purposes. Almost every continent has had their |
| Historically speaking, the design has been used by | | | | contribution to some type of this tribal art to |
| so many cultures throughout the world for | | | | today's modern design. |