Blue lips of Maori people

Now, I would like to bring all of you to another adventure of beauty story. Have you guys ever heard of Maori people?

Maori people during a cultural event. Maori are the name of indigenous people of Polynesian descent in New Zealand, a beautiful island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
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Maori people practice a painful beauty ritual which is ‘Ta moko’ . ‘Ta moko’ - traditional Māori tattooing, often on the face - is ataonga (treasure) to Māori for which the purpose and applications are sacred. Every moko contains ancestral / tribal messages specific to the wearer. These messages tell the story of the wearer's family and tribal affiliations, and their social level. Among men who are considered as Maori warriors, tattoos or ‘moko’ will usually be applied on the whole face. Women wear moko on the face too. A woman's moko is worn on the chin, as well as occasionally appearing on the forehead, upper lip, nostrils, and throat.

Tatto on the face of a Maori woman
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Maori people believe that women are attractive when their lips and chins are tattooed. A woman with full, blue lips considered the most beautiful and desirable. Knowing about tattoos, you might know that making them is certainly painful. Imagine forcing the needles into the skin to insert ink into the puncture, for 30 minutes or longer, because the process can take hours. Ouchh! That’s if it’s on your skin, what about having them on your lips? I can’t imagine the pain.

Tatto for Maori women is usually applied on the lips and the area on the chin and symbolises beauty
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