Tattooing is a very important tradition of the maori people. The tattoos on their bodies are also known as mokos. The moko has unique patterns for each person. The moko on each maori individual tells a story about that person or his ancestors. The skin of a person is carved using chisel to create the moko. Creating a moko on the face is very painful, even taking up to a year full of dangerous work. In 1850s, when the British colonists came to maori, the missionaries stated that the moko on the maori people were "the Devil's art". This led to the fall of moko. In the 1860s, as an act of defiance against the British colonists, moko was revived. In the following decades, moko began to fade out for men but the women continued to wear it. By 1920s,