Tattoos in places like Samoa, Tonga, and Hawai‘i can signify a sacred oath to protect and honor one’s community.

With its cultural heritage suffering erosion due to technology and outside influence, Samoa is racing to preserve some of its ...

King Charles was snapped grimacing today as he watched the "painful" process of having a traditional Samoan tattoo etched onto ... took a keen interest in Tatau, which is the sacred art of Samoan ...

It’s believed to have originated from the Polynesian word tatau. Traditional Polynesian tattoos used a comb called “au” which was tapped with a mallet “sausau” to push the ink into the skin.

"The marks we choose to wear are the clues to the mystery of ourselves," opens the program, setting the tone for the explanation of tattoo, known as tatau in Samoa, the birthplace of tattoo.