Croatian tattoo ideas

Our necks have necklaces, ears have earrings, wrists have bracelets, and fingers have rings. Yet, chests... well, they have chest hair which isn't that impressive at all when you think about it. Okay, ladies usually don't have hair on their chests but that's not what we are talking about here. Some people, though, have found the perfect way to go about the bleakness of their chests and adorned them with incredible tattoo artworks.

Tattooing of the hands was a widespread tradition among Catholic Croatian women in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Ottoman rule centuries ago. This tradition originates from the places once occupied by the Turks and its purpose was to prevent young, Catholic women being kidnapped and converted to

by Ava Carić-Jurkota A set of ancient symbols, permanently etched into skin, provided a way for generations of people to hold their ancestors, culture, and history, a tangible memory even when words and oral history would be taken away from them. This is how we remember traditional Croatian and Balk

Thousand of years old ornaments - Illyrian/Albanian Tattoo's transmitted generation to generation.