00:03Hello Indonesia, the Mentawai tribe in West Sumatra has a unique tradition that has existed for thousands of years.
00:11What is it? Let's take a look at the information.
00:14The Mentawai people are the native inhabitants of the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra,
00:18which is known as one of the oldest tribes that has existed since around 500 years before Christ.
00:24One of the most world-famous cultural uniqueness of the Mentawai tribe is the art of permanent skin painting, aka tattooing.
00:32The Mentawai tribal process of tattooing is one of the oldest body tattoo arts in the world which uses natural materials from hand techniques.
00:39traditional tapping.
00:41This process involves traditional rituals, needles made of wood or thorns,
00:46and the coconut ink direction is done in stages by Sipatiti or a tattoo expert to symbolize balance with nature and social status.
00:58The process of parenting will be carried out when a person reaches adolescence.
01:03Men and women usually undergo initiation ceremonies,
01:07namely the transition from childhood to adolescence by Sikerei,
01:11and then continued to the washing process by Sipatiti.
01:16For the Mentawai tribe, tattoos have ritual value as a sign of expertise,
01:21maturity, courage, and a symbol of pride.
01:24Apart from that, they also use tattoos as identification.
01:28If a person is an expert in hunting, then he will be marked with an animal tattoo on his body.
01:34Mentawai tattoos are not just body art,
01:37but rather an eternal trace of human civilization.
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