World Tattoo Day

The application of indelible images to the body has been practiced by people since Neolithic times. Tattoos have long been tattooed by representatives of the indigenous peoples of North and South America, East Asia and the islands of Oceania. Thus, numerous drawings on the body are an identifying mark of the Japanese belonging to the Yakuza clan. Some of the works of modern tattoo salon artists are as beautiful as works of fine art. A holiday has been established in honor of representatives of the ancient craft. October 1 is World Tattoo Day. The celebration appeared on the calendar in 2005. In Russia, the history of applying permanent images to the body is rooted in the distant past and traditions of the criminal world. Therefore, the initiator of the establishment of the holiday was the Moscow Club of Tattooed People. Branding of prisoners was practiced back in Tsarist Russia. In Soviet camps and prisons, the convict ordered a tattoo, an element of the identification-hierarchical system, so that those around him could learn more about his character and abilities, and the circumstances of life in freedom. The tattoo and its location on the body helped determine the status of the criminal, religion and attitude towards the law. In Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century. tattoos were done only by sailors, gangsters and circus performers. Tattooal, permanent makeup, became popular among women in the 1920s. Society's rejection of tattoos forced the fair sex to hide the presence of tattoos on their faces. 20 years later, multi-colored permanent paints appeared, which diversified the design of images applied to the skin. In the 1970s, tattoos, popularized by rock musicians, ceased to be associated with social outcasts. Today, drawings on the body are not only an attribute of belonging to a certain social group, but also a way of self-expression for men and women of all ages. In the 21st century Organic pigments, tattoo machines with needles, transfer paper and pens, and other consumables are used to apply images. Thanks to modern equipment and technologies, complex and multi-layered designs are created that do not fade or wash off. The history of the development of tattoo culture is replete with a large number of names of artists and unusual facts. Thus, the Dutch neo-conceptual artist Wim Delvoye opened ART-FARM near Beijing in 2004. On its territory he tattoos pigs. After the death of artiodactyls, their skins or carcasses after taxidermy are acquired by connoisseurs of beautiful things for interior decoration. Swiss Tim Steiner asked to have the Mexican Calavera skull, bats, a praying girl and other popular designs painted on his back. Since 2006, the former tattoo parlor manager has presented himself as a unique exhibit, sitting for hours with his bare back to the audience to display images. Tim Steiner has participated in a dozen exhibitions in various museums around the world, including the Louvre. This unusual work of art was sold in 2008. German collector Rick Reinking purchased the tattooed skin for 150 thousand euros, which, according to the agreement, after Steiner’s death would be removed from his back and hung in a frame on the wall. Not all visitors to tattoo parlors are ready to wear tattooed images for the rest of their days. People contact artists to remove drawings due to a change in worldview and the loss of relevance of inscriptions made in honor of former lovers, wives and husbands. The procedure is performed using a picosecond laser. It is held throughout the year, but often they try to coincide with August 14 - Tattoo Removal Day in Russia. However, before you start removing a tattoo, you need to fill it first. World-famous artists can most often be found in Los Angeles. According to statistics, in Italy more than 48% of the population have at least one permanent image on the skin, in Sweden - 47%, and in the USA - 46%. Russia does not lag behind global trends. The ideal time to congratulate professionals on the holiday and apply a design is World Tattoo Day, which is celebrated on October 1.