Tīgā. Fa‘asinomaga. ‘Auala fou. Maimoa mai i le Tatau Sāmoa e ala i ata pu‘e o ni tagata pu‘eata se to‘afā – a‘o fa‘agasolo le taimi i Sāmoa, Aotearoa Niu Sila, ma tala atu. ‘Ole‘ā ‘e fa‘alogo fo‘i i le tāua o le Tatau Sāmoa mai i a latou ‘olo‘o lā‘eiina nei fa‘ailoga pa‘ia.

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Pain. Identity. Innovation. Experience Sāmoan tattooing through the lenses of four photographers – across time, in Sāmoa, Aotearoa, and beyond. You’ll also hear about tatau’s significance from those who wear these sacred markings.

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Ko te tatau, ko te tāpatupatu uhi e haehae ai i te kiri, he mamae, he mana, he tapu. Mā ēnei karu nō te tokowhā kaihopu whakaahua e rongo ai i te tā tatautanga i te takanga o te wā, i te takahanga o te ao. Ka rongo kōrero anō mō te hunga kua tāia ki te uhi tapu, arā, ki te autā.