| The last tattooed woman of Dulong people | |
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| Mar 19, 2007 03:23 |   |
 | Dulong women were forced to be tatooed on their faces when they were ten years old. This tradition was cancelled in 1967. And this woman is the last one who has tattoos now.  |
| Mar 19, 2007 03:29 | #1 |
| It's a terrible memory for the woman when she was forced to be tattooed. Bamboo-made prod stinged her face and ash from stove applied on her face. Then she can never clean the color on her face. |
| Mar 19, 2007 03:33 | #2 |
| There are about 6,000 Dulong people now, most of them lived at the banks of Dulong River, Yunnan Province. The youngsters will never be tattooed again.  |
| Mar 19, 2007 04:12 | #3 |
| It's terrible to have tattoo on one's face!! |
| Mar 19, 2007 04:41 | #4 |
| Interesting. Tattoing is common throughout the Pacific. The Maori people of New Zealand applied tattoos, called moko, to their faces as well. The men's moko covered the entire face, the women's moko only covered the chin and lips. Actually, some Maori, including young people, choose to have moko done even today. Of course, the method of applying moko has changed drastically over the years, from stone chisels and ash (like the Dulong method, but using stone instead of bamboo) to modern needles and ink. Many other Pacific cultures also have traditional tattoos, although usually not on the face. It's easy for us to say it must be terrible to have such a tattoo, and if it was done forcibly, then I suspect it really was a terrible thing, but I wonder if maybe some time in the future young Dulong people will choose to have tattoos, like young Maori today choose to have moko, as a symbol of pride in their traditional culture. |
| Mar 19, 2007 08:11 | #5 |
| “Women were forced to be tattooed on their faces” I am not agreeing with this! Because in our country some tribal people like Dulong people, till they are doing this. They are doing this as fashion in religious festival. Some times marrage festival. Educated tribes not doing this as they are lighted with modern cosmetics. Some exception till exists in the modern tribe, not chopping in face but other part of the body. |
| Mar 19, 2007 20:51 | #6 |
| In old China, a tattoo on the face marked that the person bearing it was a prisoner. so it's strange that minority people took it as a tradition. Poor women! |
| Mar 19, 2007 21:05 | #7 |
| Poor women? No. You can't judge other cultures by the standards of your own culture. For Han people a tattoo is a sign of shame, marking the person as a prisoner. In Japan tattoos are also associated with criminals and the Yakuza, but in many cultures, for example in Maori culture, traditional tattoos are a sign of honour and prestige. |
| Mar 19, 2007 22:35 | #8 |
| So it's depend on place, time and Situation |
| Mar 20, 2007 05:01 | #9 |
| Yes, LIONPOWER and Chris, you are right. It's the woman's right to choose whether to be tattooed or not. But as far as I know, most Chinese, not only Han Chinese, still think tattoo is not a good thing. Anyway, respect one's own choice. |
| Mar 21, 2007 11:06 | #10 |
| Next “Honey Full moon” festival, I will take their pic and feed this forum, how they till tattooed |
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