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The body, no matter in which social formation it exists, is an important vehicle between society and individual. The body should be taken as an interface between various spaces. Then, the body is as social as biologic, individual as collective and free as restricted. In other words, body is both a subject and object and both an actor and a product of structure. Besides the fact that it is defined by the structure and reflects the marks of the structure, it creates meaning actively, it is dynamic and has a feature of affecting structure. This paper discusses the spiritual dynamics and social meanings of tattoo process, which has been performed on bodies since ancient times.