{"id":1004,"date":"2012-05-06T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T20:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tattoomenow.com\/tattoo-designs\/?page_id=1004"},"modified":"2021-05-17T21:42:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:42:49","slug":"polynesian-tattoo-designs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tattoomenow.com\/tattoo-designs\/polynesian-tattoo-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Polynesian Tattoo Designs, Ideas & Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polynesian tattoo designs are an umbrella term for all tattoos that use design patterns, symbols, and meanings from the Polynesian Triangle. This area of the Pacific Ocean is wide and vast. The northern point of the triangle is Hawaii, the eastern end, Auckland area, and the western point, Easter Island. Thousands of islands can be included in this triangle, although there are primary cultures of \u201cthe triangle.\u201d They are Maori, Hawaiian, French Polynesian, Tongan, Cook Islanders, Samoan, Easter Island, Melanesia, and Micronesia. This list is by no means exhausted. The point is when asking for Polynesian tattoo designs, if you\u2019re a traditionalist, be careful because you\u2019re likely to get just about anything without some research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Polynesian people were extremely into exploration. They traveled by sea from island to island for hundreds of years to island inhabiting them and moving on, eventually creating the triangle and settling down. Each island or culture began to develop its traditions, styles, belief systems, stories, legends, and culture during this time. So when we speak of \u201cPolynesian,\u201d anything we are talking about is in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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