The word tattoo originated in Tahitian word tautau, which was the sound made by tattooing – tat tat….
The legend of Tohu, the god of tattoo, describes painting all the oceans’ fish in beautiful colours and patterns. In Polynesian culture, tattoos have long been considered signs of beauty, and in earlier times were ceremoniously applied when reaching adolescence.. and could also be synonym of rank in society and having a spiritual meaning.