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In Indonesia, the existence of tattoo can be found in many traditional ethnic groups such as Mentawai, Dayak, dan Irian. Mentawai even believed as the oldest ethnic group in Indonesia that has a genuine tattoo tradition, since their arrival to Sumatera Island from Dongson, Vietnam and Mainland Asian around 1500 BC to 500 BC (Rosa, 1994: 60). In Indonesian tattoo history, the meaning of tattoo ever got a negative disarticulation when occur what is called ?Petrus? (from Indonesian ?penembak misterius? or mystery shootings) around 1983 to 1984 (Tempo, Juni 1983).
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