Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Misappropriation

Most traditional tribal tattoos from any given culture are usually meant to uphold certain meanings. Many of these tattoos serve as a form of communication to those that see it. They have great importance because it is an expression of identity through motifs and symbols. The used patterns can even sometimes tell the story of that person's lineage.

So when another person just copies a tribal pattern for the sake of trend and vanity, doesn't that seem disrespectful to the person that tattoo was made for? Doesn't that make the person who misappropriated nothing but a fraud? He's basically wearing another man's story not his own.

Two videos of individuals using the same patterns and designs used by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.


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