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Sent to August 23, 2005 2:26 a.m.

I want to get a tattoo that means undefeated or rebirth or a new begining or just find out about what exactly a rose would symbol...can you help me?

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August 23, 2005 2:56 a.m. (29 minutes and 25 seconds later)

What you need is a koru.
This is a traditional Maori symbol meaning "rebirth", and it
derives from the form of an unfurling fern frond.

Read about the koru in Maori symbolism here:
http://www.tamoko.org.nz/articles/origins.htm

There are some koru patterns here, although they are
fabric, rather than moko (tattoo):
http://www.needlecraft.co.nz/p/files/fabnz.html

Edited by xarqi on August 23 2005 at 2:58am

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