Yesterday marked a monumental moment in cultural history as Tūhura Otago Museum hosted the world’s first-ever public demonstration of traditional Samoan tattooing in a museum setting. The event ...

You must not stand behind the artist, he said, going through a litany of restrictions that govern the traditional art of tattoo in Samoa. You may view respectfully from a distance, he said, but to ...

For Samoan designs, the patterns typically represent different animals or earth-related structures, which can be assigned different meaning, but ultimately, it's up to the one getting the tattoo ...

Samoan culture was on full display during the Mater Dei High School choir’s 2025 spring concert. In a now-viral social media post, the class choir can be seen performing “Pese O Le Tatau,” a ...

And my dad recently just got a traditional Samoan tattoo. He's a chief in Samoa, so he got that tattoo to commemorate it." In a 2021 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Apa explained: "[My dad] is a ...

Yesterday marked a monumental moment in cultural history as Tūhura Otago Museum hosted the world’s first-ever public demonstration of traditional Samoan tattooing in a museum setting. The event, which ...

One of the Pacific's only female leaders, Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has lost her grip on power after a long-running political saga, triggering an early election.

In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity.

APIA, Samoa - My day in a lavalava lasted all of three hours here at the XVI Pacific Games. To the outsider, the lavalava might be called the man-skirt of Samoa, something that might be considered ...

Matasami Moana, known to many as “Aunty Sami,” passed away peacefully at her home in Marina, Ca, on April 22, 2025, at the age of 88. She was born in Faleniu, American Samoa to Ita and … ...

The festivities will kick off with a Taualuga performance, a traditional Samoan dance commonly performed at celebrations or ceremonies. Events include cultural dances and various contests, ...