Most of the tribes used the tattoos as decorative patterns. Thereby, some civilizations had other applications for tattoos.
Goths, a famous tribe of
Teutonic barbarians for their attacks against the
Roman Empire, used the tattoos to mark slaves. Roman citizens did the same thing. In
Tahiti, the tattoo told the history of the one who had it. When they became adults, the boys were receiving a tattoo to mark this event. The grown up men were marked with other signs when they were getting married. When the
Ottoman Empire reached Bosnia, all soldiers were marked by the authorities to be recognized in case they wished to leave. Later, the tattoos became a sort of souvenir for sailors. When the crew reached an exotic island, each man made his sign to symbolize the place where he had been during his adventures on the sea. For example, a
Dragon meant that the sailor had been in
China. At the beginning, the sailors had used their free time to learn this kind of art and at retiring they were practicing this job in their home countries. That was the time when
tattooing saloons appeared. People believed that by mixing the ink with gun powder, they would have longer lives.
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