TRADITIONAL SAMOAN TATTOO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers.
Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of traditional “tatau” found among the people of Samoa.
Looking down at the body...
Samoans in SoCal Connect to The Homeland: "I know it's gonna be very, very painful," said Loren Asaeli, 49, who decided to undergo the Samoan traditional tattoo. "I feel that it's time, you know? I'm ready to step in and serve my family." Tafuga Sulu’ape Alafia-Liufau, a tattoo artist at A-Town...