SALINAS, Calif. — Salinas Tattoo Company had a flash sale for their Friday the 13th sale. Tattoos are $40, $31 for the tattoo with a $9 tip.

Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual ...

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.

Tai Tuivasa has explained that the Tatau tattoo defines a person as they are in the present and who they will be in the future. It also symbolizes them as members of their family and community.

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 ...

Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier ...

For the first time, it occurred to me that one day I might get my own tatau, my own notoriously painful, traditional, Samoan tattoo. Now at least I recognised the artistry involved, and was intrigued.

"It's important to understand tatau and tattoo are not the same thing. And we can't approach it in the same way," Vaeau said. Su'a Sulu'ape Alaiva'a Petelo pictured with Tyla. (Supplied: Tyla Vaeau) ...

Fatutoa has been the tattoo artist for Roman Reigns, The Usos, Bronson Reed, Montez Ford, Tamina, and the late great Bray Wyatt for a decade now.

Colonization and tattoos Tattoo historian Steve Gilbert explains that the word “tattoo” itself is a combination of Marquesan and Samoan words — tatau and tatu — to describe these practices.

The legacy of Polynesian tatau, the onomatopoeic name for the practice of tattoo, began 3,000 years ago—the designs as diverse as the people who wear them. The Polynesian Triangle includes more ...