You never forget the sound or strike of the 'au as it marks your skin. Its distinct tapping sound represents the unbroken ancient tradition of tatau, encompassing a rich legacy passed down from ...

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, you've likely seen or heard about our tattoos. Fun fact: the English word ...

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 nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Showcasing traditional tatau designs, or tattoo designs, from masters to young up-and-coming artists and practitioners, Bishop Museum is unveiling a brand new exhibit Saturday, Nov.

Oahu’s Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum will debut a new exhibit in its J. M. Long Gallery: Tatau: Marks of Polynesia that will be on view from Nov. 13 through July 4, 2022. Through photographs taken in a ...

Today through Saturday, Dr. Ink Tattoo in Myrtle Beach will host preeminent traditional Samoan/Polynesian Tatau (tattoo) Master, Pili Mo’o – on a whistle stop here kicking off his U.S.A. Summer Tatau ...

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 ...

Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s ...