The Samoan tattoo hut was just one of many activities at the Sagan Kotturan Chamoru, or Chamorro Cultural Center, in Tumon, which is one of the satellite sites for FestPac.

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The other representations in question are two Samoan tattoos: one on Teisina's foot and a recent addition on her hand. During our video call, she holds up the back of her hand to the camera so I ...

A Samoan woman is calling for greater acceptance and awareness around cultural tattoos after she was terminated from her workplace due to her tualima, a traditional hand tattoo.

Among them was master tattoo artist Su‘a Peter Sulu‘ape and anthropologist Dionne Fonoti. They were key in getting the movie’s tatau (Samoan for tattoo) designs just right.

The tattoo, Sialega-Fili said, is similar to the type of tribal markings used by Hawaiian Airlines in their own designs. “It’s plastered on our planes. It’s plastered inside of our planes.

She recently got a tualima, a traditional Samoan tattoo on her hand, after her father became seriously ill. "I basically got it for cultural beliefs and traditions," Sialega-Fili said.

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Each tattoo design is rich with meaning and represents personal stories, heritage and social status. As a result, Samoan tattoo artists must have great cultural knowledge as well as skill.

A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s cultural heritage ...

In February, the Samoan officer became the first soldier to receive Army approval to possess such tattoos on her hands, a mark of recognition of the diverse communities that comprise the force and ...