in 2017 Sake obtained the Samoan tatau for women - known as "malu" - on her legs before adding the traditional tattoos to her hands in 2022. Tattoos have long served more than a skin-deep purpose ...

Something that always bothers me is when I come across non-Polynesians with Polynesian tattoos, especially the traditional Samoan ones. Since most people probably won't understand why this is such ...

Source: Supplied/Rita Seumanutafa. Rita Seumanutafa is a Samoan woman who is the founder of PICAA, (an arts group) and advocate for Samoan youths in Melbourne. She is also in the final stages of ...