Acid of Boston has this very symbolic tattoo of Koi in his back.

“Koi” fish have been used in Chinese artworks long time ago. It was said that Koi tattoos are for good luck and fortune. Aside from that, it also represents courage, love and wealth depends on the color and direction they are swimming.

It symbolizes “courage” because human swims to ocean of sufferings without fear just like a fish that swims through water. It is a sign of “love” because Koi means love. It can be either “romantic love” or “passionate love.” It can also bring “wealth” if the tattoo is in harmony with your body and surroundings.

His Baybayin reads Malayang Tao

Gerald Genus (Sac-Town, Cali)
“For my Catholic Religion. To forever wear a cross on my neck.”

Getting inked is something. A tattoo of a seemingly-necklace with a cross as the pendant is another thing. It just shows devotion to Catholicism.

Despite being a predominantly Catholic nation, Philippines was able to produce just one saint in Lorenzo Ruiz’s persona.

He was born of a Chinese and Filipino parents, both Catholic. Ruiz’s devotion started out as early as his childhood days when he became an altar boy and later on a calligrapher for the Dominican friars.

Also known as San Lorenzo de Manila, Ruiz was beatified in the Philippines during Pope John Paul II’s 1981 Papal visit. This ceremony was the first beatification held outside the Vatican City. The saint was canonized due to his resistance of giving up his Catholic faith which lead to his gruesome death after painful tortures enacted by the Japanese.

From RateMyInk

By Nick Arriesgado

Batik Tattoo Shop – Quezon city, Philippines

bioniktattoo@yahoo.com

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