The Significance of Tattoos in my Culture

Kuraia

WALT - Explain Tattoo’s significance to our culture

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• I will make sure I describe what a tattoo is correctly
• I will summarize what I have been writing about in my conclusion
• I will use very strong adjectives
• I will use expensive vocabulary
• I will give them a brief description about my topic so they know what it is
• Ask questions to gain the audience interest
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Title : The significance of Tattoos in my culture

Tattoo’s is a tremendous type of art. It goes from fancy to representing your own culture. It is significant in a way when it is used for a main purpose like for their children or for someone who has passed away . Every culture has a purpose for tattoos and for the Cook Island tribe , it is used for many meanings.

First of all , Cook Island tribes use a type of pattern as in animals , creatures and insects. These tattoos are used to recognized the creature or animal , which means it is treated with respect . So it is just like a totem , which is an object or animal that is significance in any way .

Secondly , a centipede tattoo is as well as critical as animal tattoos. A centipede is a tattoo that is represented on a person’s back who is known as a chief in the Cook Island tribe. It is well known to be common throughout all different tribes in the culture of Cook Island and stands strong when represented .

Thirdly , the turtle tattoo. The tattoo of a turtle is mostly on every single tattoo you see on a cook island pattern . It is known for covering ⅓ of the ocean’s planet and the pacific ocean is the turtles realm. It has been upon most lands and it’s why it has been inherited to the cook island culture.  It is used amongst the cook island to show strength , stability , stamina and immortality.

In conclusion , Tattoos in relation to Cook Island is very important to them and their tribe. It is essential to them in many ways that we might not understand , it comes with different reasons and by my point of view , it stands to be very strong.

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