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 ...
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 ...
Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — Most days before sunrise, Malo Niumata puts on his “lavalava,” the traditional Samoan sarong, and leaves his “fale,” the traditional Samoan house, to walk on a deserted ...
When Abbey Tufue-Wood started planning her wedding, she had more on her to-do list than to choose flowers and cakes. She was also needed to learn how to dance. But not just any dance, a Siva. “Doing ...
HONOLULU (Island News)-- A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s cultural ...
ALBAWABA - King Charles and Queen Camilla were welcomed ceremoniously and in accordance with local customs during a rare royal visit to Samoa. As part of the ceremonial honors, the pair, who were ...
Just days before her wedding, Madi decided to learn a traditional Samoan dance to honor her husband Samu’s heritage With only five days to prepare, she practiced between wedding events and even during ...
A traditional 'fale' structure on the island of Savaii in Samoa, in the central South Pacific. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Catherine Wilson APIA, Samoa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In many Pacific ...
KJ Apa is following in his father’s footsteps by becoming a chief in his village. On Aug. 31, 2022, the “Riverdale” star was officially granted the matai—or chief—title Savae during a ceremony held at ...
King Charles sipped traditional ava root tea during a Samoan ceremony welcoming him and Queen Camilla to the island nation. Samoa’s head of state and his village afforded the King the highest accolade ...
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