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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A high school dropout has made a name for himself in Europe and the Pacific through promoting, marketing and tattooing Samoa’s traditional tattoo for men and women — le tatau and le malu.
Tufuga Su’a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli, Samoa’s international tattooist is once again...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The18th Annual Tisa's Tattoo Festival at Alega officially started yesterday Tuesday, October 24, 2023. It will run through to Saturday, Oct. 28.
And, Tufuga or Master Tattooist Su'a Alaivaa Tikeli Loli is ahead of schedule.
He had two young men in his “apisa” on Monday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight years ago, a Lama (candlenut) tree was planted on top of a mountain ridge 200 feet above Alega Bay.
The man who planted it is known and prefers being called by his nickname — Candyman, who along with his partner Tisa Faamuli, has piloted turning the Faamuli family...
Alega Beach, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Master Tattoo Artist decides on who gets inked and who doesn’t, when the 18th Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Festival takes place at Alega Preservation Institute and Tisa’s Barefoot Bar from October 24 – 28.
Founder of the Annual Tisa’s Tattoo Fest, Tisa Faamuli was very...
These two beautiful ladies are from the Lau Group of islands in Eastern Fiji, which is the area most heavily influenced by the Tongan culture. This is evident in their Polynesian features, their costumes and the way they dance. They took part in the Fiji Day festivities at the field in front of the...
UH Rainbow Warrior Defensive Back, Peter Manuma, celebrated his first interception of the season by pointing acknowledgement to his family (seated directly above the Samoa News photo position). University of Hawaii was defeated by San Diego State University 41-34 on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families and friends in the Pacific and around the world are rejoicing after Fiji Airways successfully landed in Nadi, Fiji with a planeload of international travelers who had been stranded in Israel since last Saturday, October 7, 2023, amid a raging war between Hamas...
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa and StarKist Samoa General Manager Injoo Ha share a light moment during their exchange of anniversary gifts commemorating Samoa’s 60th Independence (celebrated last year) and StarKist’s 60th Anniversary in American Samoa (celebrated this year) during a...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Nestled in the heart of Henderson, West Auckland, lies the Corban Estate Pacifica Arts Center.
Established in the late 1980s by a group of Pacific Mamas, all of whom were first-generation immigrants to New Zealand, the center provides a home away from home for indigenous...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Author-poet Sia Figiel unearths the untold Samoan history of Treasure Island’s famous author Robert Louis Stevenson on “Stories from the Pacific” broadcast daily from Australia’s ABC.
While Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was living in Samoa in the late 1880s and...