DTLA - Tattoos may be omnipresent today, but the taboo around them hasn’t quite faded away. They were long considered uncouth in the western world and some Asian cultures still ...

The honor to do tatau is given to a tattoo artist by one of Samoa’s ruling tattoo families. One of the most well-known families is the Sulu’ape, who gave their blessing to Liufau last year.

“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 wo… ...

GARDEN GROVE – Not widely practiced, the tattooing art of tatau has been a right of passage for men and women in Samoa for centuries, and a small shop in Garden Grove is one of a few places s… ...

The gentle but distinct tapping sound resonates as an artist inks a man’s body with pigment into the skin using traditional tools. ‘Tatau’ is a Samoan term for traditional tattoos reserved ...

The malu is the traditional Samoan tattoo for women.(Supplied: Fanau a Soifuā Toto’a Auva’a, Falealupo.Mt Roskill, Auckland.) 'It's connecting me back to my roots' For Natasha Fuiava, who ...

Seeking to visualize that commitment to selfless service, and inspired by a reverence for her culture, in 2017 Sake obtained the Samoan tatau for women — known as “malu” — on her legs ...