Siva i le Fiafia Night - (Image by Usufono.I.Lafoa'i/SBS Samoan). Na saunoa le fa'afeagaiga o le Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa i Balmain, Rev Alo Filipaina, e le talafeagai le fa'atonuina e ...
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 ...
“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 ...
In the 1800s, a chief in the South Pacific archipelago of Samoa sought medical aid from a Christian missionary stationed there. The missionary, a Scotsman by the name of George Archibald Lundie, urged ...