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 ...

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 ...

The crowd flocked to the upper-level balconies of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts’ great hall, trying to get a glimpse of an ‘ava ceremony — what one speaker called the “highest gesture of respect” in ...

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.

“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 ...

Garden Grove's A-Town tattoo shop is one of the only places in the country to offer customers a proper Samoan tatau — a practice dating back generations. David DeMarco is laying on the floor of A-Town ...

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 ...