Hawaiian Tattoos
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More Hawaiian Tattoos -- This is an extension to our flower tattoos section and I must say, that I thoroughly enjoyed putting this together.
Partially clad men with beautiful tattooed bodies ... what's not to love?
Do you have a photo of a tattoo with a Hawaiian theme? Please submit it at the bottom of the page. Thank you!
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Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational Surf Competition
spectator, Waimea Bay, December 2004,
The "Quiksilver Big Wave In Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational" can only be held when the surf measures at least 20 feet (Hawaiian scale) for a full day of competition in Waimea Bay. The unpredictable nature of the surf makes it one of the most exciting and anticipated events in professional surfing. "Eddie Would Go"
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The "honu" or sea turtle is his "aumakua" (above) .
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The tattoo is of a taro plant from which native hawaiians believe they are descended.
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This looks like the Hawaiian Islands tattooed onto his back.
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Tattoos have served as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, symbols of religious and spiritual devotion, decorations for bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love, punishment, amulets and talismans, protection, and as the marks of outcasts, slaves and convicts.
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This tattoo is of a
hammerhead shark- his "amakua" |
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| Today, people choose to be tattooed for cosmetic, sentimental/memorial, religious, and magical reasons, and to symbolize their belonging to or identification with particular groups, including criminal gangs (see criminal tattoos) but also a particular ethnic group or law-abiding subculture.
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Have A Great Hawaiian Tattoo to Show Us?
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