{"id":1425,"date":"2023-12-09T00:45:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T10:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/2023\/12\/tattoo-a-sacred-symbol\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:24:35","slug":"tattoo-a-sacred-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/2023\/12\/tattoo-a-sacred-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo, a sacred symbol"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1425\" data-postid=\"1425\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1425 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_msmc177 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_nird178 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_nbn0460   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>Tattooing, an integral part of Polynesian culture and, more broadly, that of the Pacific, was once a means of narrating individual history and signifying social rank. It was also an essential vehicle for transmitting knowledge, using the body as a living canvas.<\/p><p>Remarkably, tattooing was outlawed by missionaries, leading to its disappearance for over 150 years. Today, Polynesian designs, particularly the Patutiki of Marquesan tattoos, are enjoying worldwide popularity thanks to their ethnic aesthetic.<\/p><p>Before committing to a tattoo, it&#8217;s imperative to grasp the meaning attributed to each design, since this decision leaves an indelible imprint on the skin.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tattooing, an integral part of Polynesian culture and, more broadly, that of the Pacific, was once a means of narrating individual history and signifying social rank. It was also an essential vehicle for transmitting knowledge, using the body as a living canvas.Remarkably, tattooing was outlawed by missionaries, leading to its disappearance for over 150 years. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,312,319,80],"tags":[82,193],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-en","category-culture-en-2","category-explorateur-en","category-the-islands-of-tahiti","tag-culture-en","tag-marquesas","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"builder_content":"<p>Tattooing, an integral part of Polynesian culture and, more broadly, that of the Pacific, was once a means of narrating individual history and signifying social rank. It was also an essential vehicle for transmitting knowledge, using the body as a living canvas.<\/p><p>Remarkably, tattooing was outlawed by missionaries, leading to its disappearance for over 150 years. Today, Polynesian designs, particularly the Patutiki of Marquesan tattoos, are enjoying worldwide popularity thanks to their ethnic aesthetic.<\/p><p>Before committing to a tattoo, it's imperative to grasp the meaning attributed to each design, since this decision leaves an indelible imprint on the skin.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anoe-tahiti.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}