by karimkha

Created on: August 19, 2010

I can remember when we were little kids, my sister and I used to buy gum with tattoo stickers (the gum was terribly sweet and hard to chew but we mainly bought it for the stickers).  We stuck the tattoo on our arms or hands . . . put some water and rub it gently to get that tattoo, which can be easily removed later by simply washing our hands or arms with warm water.  The tattoo sometimes went off without any effort!  Our mum never liked the idea of having a fake tattoo: she thought that having a tattoo is a naughty thing to do; she did forbid us from even buying the gum in the first place, as both chewing gum and tattoos (in her opinion) were inappropriate for girls (young and grown up)! 

Anyway, we used the fake tattoos every now and then with or without our mum’s knowledge and for us it was the naughtiest thing we ever did!

== WHAT IS A TATTOO? HISTORY OF TATTOO ==

A tattoo is a marking that done by inserting or injecting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment for ornamental or other reasons.

Tattoos are a very ancient way of body art and body decorations.   It has been done and performed from a very long time in and has a pretty long history. Some studies show that tattoos may originally come from ancient Egypt and that was showing on their old paintings on the walls.

== Is it Tattoo or Tatao or Tatu?  No matter how you spell it . . . still the same! ==

The history of the word tattoo shows some very interesting results.  

The original word “tatao”, which means “to tap”, can be the inventor of the whole thing, although some researchers strongly thought that an Tahitian word “tatu” which means to mark something to be the real origin of the current word “tattoo”. Still only suggestions.
 
== Religious points of view ==

 In some ancient religions, tattooing was used to indentify a person’s authority as a group member or his role in that group. As far as I know, in Christianity there are no issues on the subject, and no objections. In Islam and Judaism having a tattoo is prohibited.  A Muslim may not have a tattoo as it is changing God’s creation as mentioned by prophet Mohammad (Hadith); the Torah likewise forbids body modification or markings.

== So, WHY DID I WANT ONE (I MEAN THREE!)? And where did I go? ==

The years passed by until I had the opportunity to travel to UK and stayed for a while.  I noticed

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