America is in the middle of a tattoo craze. Forty percent of Americans aged 26 to 40 have been tattooed. More than a third of Americans 18 to 25 have already been inked somewhere -- sometimes in ways shocking to their elders.
But the U.S. tattoo culture is nothing compared to some of the world's body art traditions.
New Zealand's indigenous Maori people sustain an ancient tattoo tradition that puts bold spirals and family history on their faces. It was banned. It's come back.
