Iitattoos ayisiyonto yala maxesha, siye senza imizobo emzimbeni wethu amawaka eminyaka. Ngapha koko, imizekelo yokuqala yeetattoo yabuyela kwizidumbu zase-Egypt zangonyaka ka-2000 BC, nangona kwafunyanwa indoda enomkhenkce kwabonwa ukuba olu qheliselo lwalusele luqhelekile malunga neminyaka engama-5.200 eyadlulayo.
UJoann Fletcher, umphandi kwiSebe le-Archaeology kwiDyunivesithi yaseYork, ucinga ukuba ngeloxesha iitattoo zazidlala indima yezonyango kwaye zisebenza njengohlobo lokuzonwabisa ngexesha lesigaba sobomi. Ngapha koko, iiTattoos zamandulo zazisetyenziselwa ukubonisa oothixo.
Kwafunyanwa iiTattoos kwizidumbu ezomileyo zezinye zeenkcubeko zaphambi kweColumbian zasePeru naseChile, nakwizidumbu ezifumaneka kwiNtlango iTaklamakan eTshayina, malunga ne-1200 BC.
KwiYurophu yanamhlanje, nangona kunjalo, iitattoo zanwenwa xa uKaputeni Cook wabuya eSouth Seas ngo-1769. Abanye oomatiloshe bakhe bachukunyiswa ziitattoo zasePolynesia kangangokuba bazenzela ezabo. Yiyo loo nto itattoo yaba ngumfuziselo wenkalipho kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo kamva kwasasazeka kwamanye amaqela oluntu.
Namhlanje, iitattoo zithandwa kakhulu, ngakumbi phakathi kwezizukulwana ezitsha. Ngapha koko, kuqikelelwa ukuba umntu omnye kwabathathu kulutsha phakathi kweminyaka eli-18 nama-35 eSpain unetattoo enye. Lo mkhwa unyukayo uvuselele umdla wabanye abaphandi, abaye baphanda iprofayili yengqondo yabantu abafakwa umvambo.
Zibonisa ntoni iitattoos ngawe?
Isifundo esenziwe kwiDyunivesithi yaseWestminster saqesha iqela labantu ukuba libone ukuba akukho yantlukwano phakathi kwabo bangakhange babhalwe zimpawu. Bafumene izinto ezintathu ezahlukileyo kwiprofayili yengqondo yabantu abenza umvambo:
1. Ungumntu ophumayo
I-extroverts zihlala zibandakanyeka kakhulu kwimicimbi yezentlalo kwaye ziyazi ngakumbi iindlela ezintsha, ke ayothusi into yokuba zikwabonisa ukuthanda iitatoos. Aba bantu banxibelelana kakhulu ngomfanekiso wabo, ke kuyaqondakala ukuba bafuna ukuyihlaziya kwaye babandakanye neenkcukacha ezinentsingiselo kubo kwaye babe ziindawo ekubhekiswa kuzo kubudlelwane nabanye.
2. Ukukhangela amava amatsha
Ukufumana umvambo, ngakumbi owokuqala, ngamava amatsha. Akumangalisi ke ukuba ezi ngcali zengqondo zifumanise ukuba abantu abathandwayo banamatyholo avulekileyo kumava kwaye bawafuna. Bangabantu abanomdla kunye nabangathintelekanga abafuna ukuzonwabisa kunye nolonwabo. Kodwa ikwangabantu abakufumanisa kunzima ukugcina inkqubo yesiqhelo, ukumisela imikhwa kunye nokumelana nokukruquka.
3. Kufuneka uzive ukhethekile
Ngokuya kufuneka umntu azive engaqhelekanga, kokukhona efuna ukwahluka kwabanye. Iprofayile yengqondo yabantu abathandwayo babonisa ukuba le mizobo emzimbeni yindlela yokuchaza kunye nokwakha isazisi. Ziyindlela yokunxibelelana nehlabathi ngokwahluka kwabo kunye neenqobo ezibalulekileyo kubo. Iitattoos zibanceda ukuba bazihlukanise ngeempawu ezibonakalayo.
Umda:
Swami, V. et. Al. (2012) Umahluko kubuntu phakathi kwabantu abathandwayo kunye nabangabhalwanga. I-Psychol Rep; 111 (1): 97-106.
I-Lineberry, C. (2007) IiTattoos. Imbali yaMandulo neYimfihlakalo. Ku: Magazine Smithsonian.
Umnyango Iprofayili yengqondo yabantu abathandwayo: iimpawu ezi-3 ezahlukileyo yaqala ukupapashwa ngo Ikhonkco lePsychology.
