A rose on the chest is also used within the Russian mafia.
The initiation tattoo of a new gang member is usually placed on the chest and may incorporate a rose. Not only do the symbols carry meaning, but the area of the body on which they are placed may be meaningful too. Russian criminal tattoos have a complex system of symbols that can give quite detailed information about the wearer. Main articles: Russian criminal tattoos, Vory V Zakone, and Russian mafia Kyōkaku operated as cultural outlaw figures and were frequently used as characters in Japanese kabuki performances. Japan ĭuring the Edo period of Japan, kyōkaku, urban "chivalrous commoners" or "street knights" typically wore irezumi, prominent full-body tattoos. "La Stidda," a Mafia-style criminal organization in Sicily, is known for using star tattoos to identify members. Ī single dot on the cheek usually means the wearer is a pimp ( point des maquereaux).Ī stick figure holding a trident is also a common French prison tattoo. Tattoos of three dots on the hand mean "death to cops" ( mort aux vaches / flics / poulets / keufs). This tattoo represents the individual between the four walls of the prison cell ( un homme entre quatre murs-a man between four walls) this also has the same meaning in Russia and Spain. In France, five dots tattoo resembling the dots on a dice, placed on the hand between index finger and thumb are found on prison inmates. Ī common prison tattoo in Australia is 'A.C.A.C.' - the initials to a derogatory phrase regarding cops. Prisoners often modified these tattoos to conceal the original design or to express wry or rebellious messages. Prisoners who were transported from Britain to Australian penal colonies between 17 were sometimes tattooed with marks intended to signify disgrace, for example, D for deserter. Tattoo marking a deserter from the British Army.
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