As missionaries spread across the South Pacific, they attempted to wipe out local tattooing traditions—but they failed in Samoa. In the 1800s, a chief in the South Pacific archipelago of Samoa sought ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier's hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her ...

The rarely seen process of traditional Samoan tattooing will be open for all to view at The University of Auckland’s Fale Pasifika from this week. Throughout August, as part of a programme to ...

“Tatau: Marks of Polynesia,” at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles July 30-Jan. 8, looks at the Samoan practice of tattoo and how the patterns and motifs of these works of art help ...

This article is brought to you by Travel Samoa. Samoan culture is steeped in tradition, from delicious food and melodious song to the extraordinary tattoos with which both the men and women of this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hi! I'm Morgan, and I'm a 30-year-old Samoan woman. Morgan Sloss / BuzzFeed Even if you don't know much about Samoan culture, ...

While the small island nation in the South Pacific may have all of those things, it is also home to a rich and fascinating culture that is often overlooked. Nestled between Fiji and Tonga, Samoa is a ...

GARDEN GROVE – Not widely practiced, the tattooing art of tatau has been a right of passage for men and women in Samoa for centuries, and a small shop in Garden Grove is one of a few places stateside ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The Samoan art of Tatau is the great grand-father of modern tattoos, the artform has been practiced for ...