In Value Tattoo Society Kenyah

Since the era of berzaman, Kenyah people familiar with art and motives woodcut, manik, and so forth. Kenyah community beratkan drip is also very beautiful and self-adornment. Not hairanlah culture bertindik and bertattoo existed in the culture of the Kenyah since long.

Tattoo who decorate their bodies are not simply decoration or so that the users want jaguh but considered himself, Kenyah community for tattoo has a meaning that is very deep. Tattoo community for ethnic Kenyah is part of tradition, religion, social status in a community, and is considered a form of ethnic pengargaan ability to someone. Because the tattoo may not be made while lewa. There are certain rules in making the tattoo or "betik", samada picture selection, social structure of the tattoo in placement or tattoonya. However, the tattoo has a meaning of religion as a "torch" in the way someone in the natural immortality after death.

The more tattoo, "torch" will be light and natural way to eternity the field. However, creating a tattoo may not be made sebanyaknya the like-like, because the need to comply with the rules - rules customary. Each sub-Kenyah tribes have different rules in making the tattoo.

For the Kenyah tribe who settled the border Serawak Kalimantan and Malaysia, for example, a tattoo around the fingers of the tribe indicates that helpful as expert perubatan (midwife, or diviner bomoh). The more tattoo on the hand, shows that more and more people and help the hebatlah his status as an expert perubatan.

For the Kenyah community in East Kalimantan, the number of tattoo that depicts many people are often roam. Because each village has a different motif tattoo, the tattoo signifies the owner has visited many villages. Do not imagine the village is only a few kilometers. In Kalimantan, the distance between the village can reach hundreds and even thousands of kilometers distance, and must ditempuhi using the boat through the river-many months. Awards are given to immigrants in the form of a tattoo.

Type Tattoo also reserved to the class-specific. Among the Kenyah community, the common motif for the nobleman (paren) are the hornbills of endemic birds that dikeramatkan Kalimantan. Kebanyakkan a common motif for the Kenyah in Sarawak is also a human face patterns that have been forbidden to be used by the community penyen (the bottom). Group panyen also may only use motif vegetation and animal animal-land and air. However, there are some patterns that they can not use the motif Lencau (tiger) and hornbills. Motif both animal is they may only be used as a high (noble).

Tattoo or Parung betik or pakaikan not only to the men, but also to women. For men, tattoos can be made at any place on the body, whereas in women, usually only on the feet and hands.

If the tattoo for men is associated with an award or honor, to women when making tattoo more motivated religious / spiritual. Making tattoo on the hands and feet can be trusted menghidar influence of evil spirits, and always be in the shelter of the earth.

In the Kenyah tribe, tattoo made on diusia women 16 years or after the first period. For the making of tattoo for women, is done with the customary ceremonies in a special home / lepubung down (save the rice). During the making of tattoo, all youth should not be out of the house. Besides, the whole family is also required to undergo a variety of taboo to avoid disaster for the women who are ditattoo.

Motif tattoo for women, such as more limited picture of black nails (nails fern), which is located around the finger joint called the song irang or bamboo shoots. As for the cross on the back of the book is called finger ikor. Tattoo in the wrist called the tiger face image silong lejau or silong kelunan (may only be used by the women's superior / noble).

There is also a tattoo that is made in the thigh. Kenyah women have tattoos on the thigh high social status and are usually equipped bracelet (buleng) at the bottom of the calf.

Motif tattoo on the thigh are usually also like silong lejau or silong kelunan. Perbezaannya with a tattoo on the hand, there are transverse to the calf, called nang klinge. Tattoo is very rarely found in the knee. However there is also the tattoo on the knee in men and women, who usually made at the end of the tattoo in the making of the body. Tattoo made on the knee and calf to the circle to the snake-like, actual dog imitation or called tuang buvong ASU.

Both the tattoo on the man or woman, is made using traditional tenon orange for a long and slow-slow and use some of the needles at once. That does not change is the creation of the tattoo usually use the smoke from the pot black.

Subsuku for the other, the tattoo is associated with the tradition menganyau or decapitate the enemy in a war. This tradition is already tens of years is not done anymore, but used the more mengayau, tatonya motif is more special and unique. Tattoos for the daredevil in this battleground, usually in place at the right shoulder. But on the other subsuku, placed in the left arm if keberaniannya "normal" and in the right arm, if courage and keperkasaannya in the battle field is very unusual.

Karana, the tattoos are made colorful, there are green, yellow and red, surely not the traditional tattoos that contain tinggi.Tattoo meaning filososfis the colors that made the youth masakini, only tattoo decoration that does not have any meaning. Image and the placement is done recklessly and like-like. Tattoos like that at all does not have a religious value and appreciation, but only just for beauty, and who want to have even considered to be the champion.

Tattoos Are My Heart

Although times have changed, the meaning and essence original dayak culture can not be replaced by other things.

Make a tattoo is a sacred ritual that has religious significance for the dayak people. Tattoos are for person identity dayak at that time. If there are people that are not in dayak tattoos, he has not considered and not the identity received in the dayak community.

That is the understanding of those dayak at that time. Whether the dayak people only stop until there akan tattoo meaning ..? I think not.

Let us return to the essence .. Origin of the beginning .. Essence has long been planted by the ancestors dayak people. Therefore Kaharingan. Shoot into the origin of life guide children dayak.

tattoo as a symbol of identity of so-so "lost" or adapt to the development of the age. However, the meaning of life sejatinya dayak people should not be lost or replaced by another.

Is the meaning of tattoos for your sincere? Let the meaning of that realized in daily life ..

But for me the meaning of tattoo are:

1. Brave and strong. Dare to do the right thing, the wrong thing to learn the truth. Do not despair. As a brave warrior in the battlefield.

2. Luhur courteous and ethical. Dare to recognize that right and wrong is right is wrong. Will not be doing as opposed to the conscience. Dignity in the act.

3. Wide level like hornbills fly freely across the cultural horizon and knowledge of the world.

4. Protect yourself from things that are not useful as it protects the owner of the tattoo interference evil spirits.

5. and many more ....

That is the meaning of my tattoo sejati ..

The meaning of tattoos by a grandmother who taught me moyangku for warisi.

That is the tattoo on the subconscious ditoreh .. tattoo like that will not dim to lewu liau and road work will be like a torch light is not only my life later, but also illuminate life at this time. When I work in the world.



By:Novie

Meaning of Tattoos Community Dayak

Tattoos are bagaian from seni.Do Not surprised if people go to villages and meet with the Dayak elders who decorated the various tattoo beautiful in some parts of the body. Tattoos decorate the body they are not just decoration, especially that blade is considered. However, the tattoo for the Dayak people have a very deep meaning.

Tattoos for the Dayak ethnic communities are part of the tradition, religion, social status of someone in the community, and can also form as a tribute to the ability of a tribe. Therefore, the tattoo can not be made carelessly.

There are certain rules in making the tattoo or Parung, good choice of pictures, the social structure of the ditato and placement tatonya. However, the tattoos have a religious meaning in the Dayak community, namely as a "torch" in the journey toward a natural immortality after death.

Therefore, more and more tattoos, "torch" will be light and natural way to eternity the field. However, still only making tattoos can not be made as much as possible in municipal waste, because it must comply with the rules of custom.

"Each sub-tribe of Dayaks have different rules in making tattoos. In fact, there are also sub-tribe Dayak tradition does not recognize the tattoos," says Mering Ngo, citizen Dayak tribe anthropologist who is also a graduate of the University of Indonesia.

For the Dayak tribes who lived in Sarawak border Kalimantan and Malaysia, for example, a tattoo around the fingers of the tribe indicates that benevolent treatment as experts. The more tattoos on the hands, showed him the more and more experts to help in treatment.

For the community and the Dayak Kenyah Dayak Kayan in East Kalimantan, many people describe the tattoo is often roam. Since each village has a different motif tattoo, the tattoo signifies the owner has visited many villages.

Do not imagine the village is only a few kilometers. In Kalimantan, antarkampung distance can be hundreds and even thousands of kilometers, and the boat must be using the river more than a month!

"Therefore, an award given to the immigrants in the form of a tattoo," said Chairman II Persekutuan Dayak Kalimantan Timur (PDKT), Yacobus Bayau Lung.

Tattoos can also be given to the nobleman. Among the Dayak Kenyah people, a common motif for the nobleman (paren) are the hornbills of endemic birds that dikeramatkan Kalimantan.

As for the Dayak Iban, the tribe and its descendants with the motif ditato "top of the world" or something that lives in the air. In addition motifnya selected, how to manufacture tattoo nobility usually more subtle detail and compared to the middle-tattoo (panyen).

Subsuku for the other, the tattoo is associated with the tradition mengayau or decapitate the enemy in a war. This tradition is already tens of years is not done anymore, but used the more mengayau, tatonya motif is more special and unique.

Tattoos for the daredevil in this battleground, usually placed in the right shoulder. But on the other subsuku, placed in the left arm if keberaniannya "normal", and in the right arm, if courage and keperkasaannya in the battle field is very unusual.

"The tattoo is associated with this mengayau, used as a form of tribute and homage to the tribe of people who brave and meritorious," said Simon Devung, an expert from the Central Dayak for Social Forestry (CSF) Mulawarman University Samarinda.

Tattoos or Parung or betik not only for men but also women. For men, tattoos can be made in any part of the body, while the female is usually only on the feet and hands.

If the male is associated with a tattoo of an award or honor, making the women more motivated religious tattoo.

"The making of tattoos on the hands and feet can be protected from the influence of evil spirits, and always be in the shelter of the earth," said Yacobus Bayau Lung.

At a certain subsuku, making tattoos also associated with women's self, so that the technical term tedak kayaan, which means that women do not bertato considered lower in rank than the bertato. However, views such as this only applies in a small subsuku Dayak.

In the Dayak Kayan tribe, there are three kinds of tattoos that are usually in the women's clothing, among other tedak kassa, ie covers the whole foot and after the adult. Tedak usuu, tattoos are made on all hands and tedak hapii on the entire thigh.

Meanwhile, in the Dayak Kenyah tribe, making tattoos on women starting at age 16 years or after the first period. For tattoos for women, is done with the customary ceremonies in a special home. During the making of tattoos, all men should not be out of the house. Besides, the whole family is also required to undergo a variety of taboo to avoid disaster for the women who are ditato and their families.

Motif tattoo for women, more limited, such as drawing a picture that is black around the finger joint called the song irang or bamboo shoots. As for the cross on the back of the book is called finger ikor. Tattoos on the wrist called the tiger face image silong lejau.

There is also a tattoo that is made in the thigh. Dayak women have a tattoo on the thigh high social status and are usually equipped at the bottom of the ring shank.

Motif tattoo on the thigh are usually also like silong lejau. The difference with the tattoo on the hand, there are transverse to the calf, called nang klinge.

Tattoos are very rarely found in the knee. However there is also the tattoo on the knee in men and women, who usually made at the end of making tattoos in the body. Tattoos are made on the knee and calf to the circle to the snake-like, actual dog imitation or called tuang buvong ASU.

Tattoos on both men and women, traditionally made to use the orange spine long and slow-slow and use some of the needles at once. That does not change is the creation of the tattoo usually use the smoke from the pot black.

"Therefore, the tattoo made colors, have a green, yellow and red, surely not the traditional tattoos that contain filososfis meaning that high," said Yacobus Bayau Lung.

Hair colors that made the young man now, tattoo is just decoration that does not have any meaning. Image and the placement is done carelessly and origin-derived. Tattoos like that at all does not have a religious value and appreciation, but only just for beauty, and who want to have even considered to be the champion.



By:Novie

Tattoos (An Ancient Tradition Or Symbols Symbols of Modern)

Hear the word tattoo, various associations, appear in our mind. There are associate with the sea, there's also imagine that the world is loaded with tribal ethnic motifs full of meaning, and not infrequently the gum with the tattoo or the civilian criminal and sign an exclusive group or geng.Untuk case that even this last opportunity to be the case outside common in the 1980s, namely that the action "Peter" aka mysterious shooter. Victims of Om's say Peter is the man who has a tattoo on tubuhnya.Tak surefire time that many owners belingsatan tattoo so afraid because so berikutnya.Yang target Om Peter terlanjur many who have tattoos and do not try to eliminate and even less experience in the disability tubuhnya.Yang new intention I have, suddenly torn remove far these ideas.

Create the size of young people nowadays, tattoo seems to be something that fungkeh, especially when more and more celebrities are busy busy-join mengguratkan tattoos on her body either permanent or temporary. Kiosks which provide services to body piercing and tattoos in the entire merebak any major city around the world, especially cities close to the centers komonitas tribal. A course or more precisely Bali Kuta or Sanur, close to its community-Sasak Lombok; Serawak Kuching in a community near the Dayaks; Melbourne-Sidney is close to the Aboriginal community. In addition, cities such as New York metropolis, London is due to the strength of the documentation also sell tattoo motives of both environmental tribes in the Pacific and Root Anglo-Saxon, such as Viking.

For some of the young city, tattoo is like an exotic veil that can send itself to the world kemistikan a bran berantah a gate or entrance to the ancient world.Imej a tattoo on the reference literature akan symbols a more dapatmerepresentasikan life, death, the value -value a relationship as a runaway process as well as resistance from the symbols and manners kemapanan the figures are presented in the old bureaucracy, the state apparatus and the more business that day is considered as the causal reality of the terkikis ini.Tato became a symbol representation personal.Liat is the only member of Red Hot Chili Pappers who fulfilled all the body tattoos. Moreover, "the star field" Anthony Kiedis of the 1990s was beginning to ngebela-belain Kalimantan Sadap precisely to the Village, where the length of Rumah Dayak Iban community, diperbatasan Betung Keriung National Park, West Kalimantan border and get a tattoo for Serawak tribal motif with Dayak traditional style of treatment.

Kalimantan to this noted as one of the region in the world that still practice the tattoos, a tradition that took place since many centuries ago. Kemasyuran Dayak tattoo itself known in the western world since the late 19th century, where many start to describe your publication
Dayak community life as a native of the island of Kalimantan, the third largest island in the world after Greenland and Papua. In the year 1912, Charles Hose and William MacDougall published bukuThe Pagan Tribe of Borneo, which is counted as one of the classic reference on the book of life tribal.Dalam Hose and Dougall load record their trip to Kalimantan to explain that the information obtained directly from the first hand, including many decorative tattoo fad.

For the Iban themselves, tattoo sketch associated with moment-important moment in the life cycle seseorang.Seorang daughter who is clever weaving cloth akan receive tattoo shaped like a ring around the net a second lengannya. A child of adult men who are worthy will receive a tattoo wander in typical Iban motifs such as flowers or eggplant ketam.Yang interesting when some men Iban record shoreline mereka.Semisal moment that they wander to Malaysia enplane, mengguratkan picture complete with aircraft any posts Malaysia Airlines System dadamereka.Adalagi in the image menorehkan machine gun because the consecutive wander away in the process of Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation or involved crushing of the communist Paraku (North Kalimantan People's Force) around 1960. Now I have to draw a naked woman in a position ngongkong, Elu bayangin deh can experience what they can wander about the time? Or when the views of young people in the current mengguratkan many tribal tattoo motif bracelet that
circle in the lengannya wiriness Macho, ell can concoct their own deh outline of the tattoo ..!





By:Novie