The history of tattooing belongs to many great countrys, and as the art travelled across the globe, the styles, methods and meanings were adapted to the various tribes which used the practice of tattooing within their culture.
Presently, the art of the Maori, Polynesian, Samoans and Mesoamerican peoples such as the Aztec are popular and are referred to as 'tribal' in the West, but the practice of tattooing extends to many other tribes, such as the Iban of Borneo, the tribes of the Philippines, and the people of the Mentawai islands, whose art is less well known. What's currently known as tribal scarification has long been common practice amongst the tribes of Africa, where tribes such as the Makonde of Mozambique have changed their practices very little throughout the ages. It's from West Africa that the Adinkra symbols emerged and spread across the globe. Practices such as Yantra Tattooing, as found in Cambodia, also have their roots in spiritual teachings, and their designs and traditional methods are closely related too much of tribal tattooing history.
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