Tattooing on the island was an identity and a personal or communal reflection of the people's relationship to nature , called arat subulung an .
There are motivational and design differences from region to region and among clans .
Tattooing on the island was an identity and a personal or communal reflection of the people's relationship to nature , called arat subulung an , although there are motivational and design differences from region to region and among clans .