Hi! I'm Morgan, and I'm a 30-year-old Samoan woman. Morgan Sloss / BuzzFeed Even if you don't know much about Samoan culture, you've likely seen or heard about our tattoos. Fun fact: the English word ...

It goes without saying that these days, tattoos are everywhere. And while societal acceptance of ink has ebbed and flowed, many people who spend hours in tattoo parlors adding to their growing ...

I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan ...

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 ...

Tattoos in places like Samoa, Tonga, and Hawai‘i can signify a sacred oath to protect and honor one’s community. Audiences are buzzing with anticipation for another rich adventure through Polynesia in ...

Pauaraisa is one of several players in the squad who has a malu, an intricately designed tattoo of cultural significance commonly seen on Samoan women. Inked across both legs, it denotes shelter and ...

In Polynesian cultures, tattoos are an ancient custom used to signify rites of passage. In Polynesian cultures, tattoos are an ancient custom used to signify rites of passage and milestones in life.

APIA, Samoa (Reuters) - Oliver Fagalilo takes a laboured breath and tenses his body before a sharp steel comb, dipped in ink, drives into his skin. Six hands keep his body still and his skin taut as a ...

A few blocks back from where Apia meets the sun-warmed sea, the town’s main market sprawls like a tropical banquet. Here the sharp tang of the sea and of tuna boats gives way to the fragance of ginger ...

Tattoo-related injuries are behind hundreds of ACC claims every year, costing the country hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. One woman told the Herald that her tattooist husband last month ...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has shared how "emotional" it was performing a "sacred" Samoan dance with his family. The 53-year-old wrestler-turned-actor has shared a video of the group - including his ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Alex Rose has a story to tell, and you can see it on the growing tapestry that adorns his powerful body. Rose, a discus thrower from Grand Rapids, represented Samoa in the ...