history of Graffiti

The term graffiti comes from the Latin, namely graphium which means write. From the literature mentioned that the term was originally used by archaeologists to define the writings of the ancient buildings of the Egyptians and the ancient Roman buildings.

In the 1970s, in America and Europe to encroach on urban graffiti as a gang of identity that have appeared in urban areas. As a result, graffiti becomes charged provocation of a war between the gang or group. Thus the image of graffiti is not whether it is a scourge for the security of the city.

In American states already have regulations to ban graffiti. Thus, graffiti is illegal in America so that the bombernya will be subject to strict sanctions. Other countries, different story. In Indonesia, graffiti has existed since the time of independence. In the days of the graffiti is often used as pengobar spirit of struggle against the invaders. Such "MERDEKA ATOE MATI", "ALLAH AKBAR! MERDEKA" and others. While in this reform era, we also often see activists or protesters who were demonstrating sepanduk graffitian which takes the contents of his writings in accordance with the issues they demokan. In the future, whether graffiti will become what media.