Korean 110 Cultural post #4

[Jenna Lee]

I watched a very interesting documentary on Youtube about South Korea and its taboo on Tattoos. It talked about how the older generation thinks negatively on tattoos, and it had to do with the fact that in the earlier days, tattoos were linked to gangs. The taboo was so heavily embedded in the older generation that it is difficult to change their beliefs, but the younger generation is definitely putting in the effort to showing that tattoos are a form of expression and art, which is something I agree with as well. In the video, it shows a brief clip about a daughter and her dad getting tattoos together, and I thought that it was a heartwarming scene, because the father was willing to understand his daughter. I hope the beliefs within the older generation does start to shift soon, and at least try to understand the younger generation and tattoos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDm3PzbU0_w