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tubabie:
Its been a long time I heard this phrase .

I just hope you're ready to tell her the meaning when she asks you. . . yes, she will ask you because you highlighted it

C2H5OH:
lmao no. i'd rather be the good boy type. don't worry, i am certain kunbee will love you for better or worse.

Kunbee:
your broda and one girl dat her name sounds like being united lol

I no harsh me sef i know and its oyekunbi

My brother, N2D, can flirt with anyone that walks in skirts or female jeans, even if it's a guy And who is the united trying to snatch?

C2H5OH:
lol if i had the balls i would be able to easily treat girls like that.
but i'm too nice, i can't. conscience won't fit allow me rest

I know this conscience that can let you rest for the rest of your life. Do you want to trade?

C2H5OH:
lol your husband wants to be friends with another breezy he met at the bank.
how about a dinner date next

Is that what you did to that girl you told me about?

tithe:
@Theseeker, and wat ar you seeking.

You can't help me find what I seek

Secretz:
Unless you witness the person with your 2 eyes cheating, I don't see how you can 'spot' a cheater, but you can most certainly 'spot' a bullSHITTER!

spikedcylinder:
Why didn't they just put Mary Slessor's darn picture on it?

Seun:
And how many of the women they are chasing are the real wife materials? It works both ways man.

Tattooing has been a Eurasian practice at least since around Neolithic times. Ötzi the Iceman, dating from the fourth to fifth millennium BC, was found in the Ötz valley in the Alps and had approximately 57 carbon tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on his right ankle. Other mummies bearing tattoos and dating from the end of the second millennium BC have been discovered, such as the Mummy of Amunet from Ancient Egypt and the mummies at Pazyryk on the Ukok Plateau.

Pre-Christian Germanic, Celtic and other central and northern European tribes were often heavily tattooed, according to surviving accounts. The Picts were famously tattooed (or scarified) with elaborate dark blue woad (or possibly copper for the blue tone) designs. Julius Caesar described these tattoos in Book V of his Gallic Wars (54 BC).

Tattooing in Japan is thought to go back to the Paleolithic era, some ten thousand years ago.[citation needed] Various other cultures have had their own tattoo traditions, ranging from rubbing cuts and other wounds with ashes, to hand-pricking the skin to insert dyes.

Tattooing in the Western world today has its origins in Polynesia, and in the discovery of tatau by eighteenth century explorers. The Polynesian practice became popular among European sailors, before spreading to Western societies generally.

Body decoration has a very long and strong tradition for the African people dating back almost 6000 years to the pharaohs of egypt and many of the body painting and tatauing rituals have still survived over the centuries. On the one hand it survived in some regions because the natives were, and still are, making their living serving tourists as photo models. On the other hand because civilization didn't advance to many parts of the third world countries yet, especially in the southern regions. In those from civilization untouched regions it survived because the natives, bushmen and pygmies are still carrying out their rituals like their forefathers did thousands of years ago. In some tribes of norther Africa the art of tatauing is still left from mothers to their daughters. The images on the skin, climbing work of points, straight lines, crosses and triangles, work as amulet. They illustrate the fertility of a woman, enure her health, wealth and repel transcendental forces. And because the natives believe those forces are entering the body through it's holes, the women mostly apply the patterns on their face and parts on the body that can not constantly protected with clothes.

The Scar tatau has survived until today with some tribes of black Africa, the so called ethiopic race. Therefor the skin is pulled up with a thorn, some tribes use a fishing hook, and incisions are made with a sharp knife or a razor blade sometimes cutting out the skin part completely. To ease the pain oil, flour and healing herbs are applied. The results of this procedure are small scars decorating the skin with diversified patterns. The scar decoration tells about the social standing of someone since not everybody can afford an extensive scarification because the procedure is performed by specialists and is very complex and expensive. The more complex the scars are the higher is the social standing of the carrier.

Adorning scars also characterize a certain age class. In some places the first incisions are already made after birth and more scars follow in continuous intervals. At women, for instance, scars are applied after the first menstruation, after child birth or after the breastfeeding period. At the same time the scarifications are considered as a beautification since they ensure success with the other sex. The scars show overcome diseases, physical qualities and awards of personal achievements and you only become a real men or women with the scars.

Scar designs also simply characterize a tribal designation. A simple sign of local and related groups but no matter which tribe or which region, people without any scars are treated as misfits and cowards. Many African governments have made scar decorations illegal by law nowadays but those practices are still carried out secretly in most of those countries.

To get an overview of the art of the body painting in Africa is an almost impossible venture. Each region had, and sometimes still has, their own motives which could vary from family to tribe. In the Republic of Niger, for instance, the man used to painted themselves for hours for the groom exhibition. In southern Ethiopia again, tribes would use body paintings as a designation of ancestry and affiliation when going to battle. In neighboring Kenya the men painted themselves according to their age group and in Tanzania young men painted themselves to enhance their health and abilities for the transition into adults. On the contrary in Sudan body paintings were applied for big, social occasions and in Zaire, to display the social elite of a tribe, especially red colors were used. In south Africa the young men painted themselves, during the transition process to adulthood, extensively with the color white symbolizing their standing outside of society during this transition but at the same time getting closer to their ancestors.

Whether they are on arms, legs, ankles or buttocks, tattoos are painted all over our bodies by injecting ink into our skin.

A needle attached to a hand-held tool injects ink into the cells of the dermis-a section of our skin that keeps tattoos from fading and stretching. The tool moves the needle up and down at a rate of several hundred vibrations per minute and penetrates the skin by about one millimeter. The ink that is left in the skin after the injection process is the tattoo.

Decorating our bodies with tattoos is a popular fad among many people.

The word, tattoo originates from the Tahitian word tattau, which means "to mark" and was first mentioned in explorer James Cook's records from his 1769 expedition to the South Pacific. [b]However, some scientists believe that the earliest known evidence of tattooing dates back to markings found on the skin of the Iceman, a mummified human body that dates as far back as 3300 B.C.

More widely recognized are tattoos found on Egyptian and Nubian mummies dating from about 2000 B.C. [/b]Classical authors mention the use of tattoos in connection with Greeks, ancient Germans, Gauls, Thracians and ancient Britons.

Tattooing was rediscovered by Europeans when they came into contact with Polynesians and American Indians through their explorations. Because tattoos were considered so exotic in European and U.S. societies, tattooed Indians and Polynesians amazed crowds at circuses and fairs during the 18th and 19th centuries.

The practice of tattooing has different meanings to various cultures. Decoration was the most common motive for tattooing and that still holds true today.

In some cultures, tattoos served as identification of the wearer's rank or status within a group. For instance, the early Romans tattooed slaves and criminals. Tahitian tattoos served as rites of passage, telling the history of the wearer's life.

eddy1977:
i would have to respectfully disagree with you here dear. mayas and incas had tatoes as well, did they copy that from africans?

also, i have never heard of any westerner claiming that tatooes originated from them, not in a book not on tv not anywhere. so, would you kindly tell me where you learned your wonderfull infos from? i would be very honored to double check. thank you.