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 ...

Skin Stories follows traditional Samoan ceremonies, where body tattoo, or pe'a, is being revived after it was discouraged by Christian missionaries. Wrapping the body from mid torso to the knees ...

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 ...