I wouldn’t say this tradition is dead or has lost its meaning. I always say it – culture is about people. He is only around 2000+ (I can’t remember exactly what happened to the calendar, but someone from possibly Gregorian times messed up the dates so Jesus isn’t actually 2016 years old). It won’t be difficult to find a native tattoo artist who will do that for you (for the right price, of course ) … It would only be offensive to a bunch of us if you asked for a malu or a malofie (although you wouldn’t be the first non-Samoan woman to)… it’s a matter of identity. These nuts were placed on a hot fire to smolder and a coconut shell was placed on top collecting the soot that came from the nuts.
I’m not sure how the tradition of the soa came about, but I have heard that having a loved one with you through all that pain is often a great source of comfort, a real bonding experience.
It means a lot. A few years ago, I took an advanced Samoan language and culture class with the late Afioga Tofaeono Tanuvasa Tavale. First things first, I’m SO glad I found this post I must thank you so much! this is in regards to the song O le vi’i o le tatau samoa, I’m creating a book based on the Malofie and the Malu for a school project. It was something to be protected and looked after with care. When putting culture and Christianity together it will divide one way or the other. Everyone had to start from somewhere right? God would’ve made us with Tattoos if they weren’t so uncleanly ! [6] One legend from the island of Savai'i is about Nafanua, Samoa's goddess of war, rescued by flying foxes when she was stranded on an inhospitable island.
It should only be us Samoans and not anyone else but now everyone is copycatting our patterns and designs. These books are from the Old Testament-which is fundamentally the Jewish Torah. While tattoos in general are very popular, Polynesia is often credited as the origin of this kind of body art, and as Samoans, we feel a certain obligation to the craft that is such a huge part of our cultural heritage. When I was very young my Grandfather and I were very close, I grew up in Hawaii in the mid70’s. Soga’imiti is what we call a man with a malofie /pe’a.
| Notebook : Samoa. When it comes to traditional Samoan tattoos for the males, the pe’a, the placement of the tatau will also vary the tatau. Soon the art of tatau became a family tradition that spread throughout the culture. The first Europeans to set foot on Samoan soil were members of a 1787 French expedition. It’s applied from the knees up to the top of the thighs. The design is very intricate with a series of lines, curves, geometric shapes and patterns. Meredith also explained to the audience the numerous traditions and norms behind Samoa’s rich tattooing history, led by two families – Sa Su’a and Sa Tuluo’ena. lol I know that sounds not-so-cool, but a lot of Samoans wear their armbands with pride so please don’t think of them as a consolation prize. Unfortunately, I was raised only being surrouneded by my maori side and don’t fully understand/ speak Samoan.
Debate has also raged about whether non-Samoans are entitled to bear the malu and tatau, and if women are entitled to wear male tattoos and vice versa, a debate Meredith chalked down to “pushing boundaries”. Rip Tanuvasa faafetai tele mo au galuega sa fai! . Traditionally, only descendants of a Tafuga can continue on with the practice of tattooing.
I have no idea what it means and I really would like to find out. I want to make sure that if I realise my dream to get a traditional tatau that I can do so while showing my respect for the culture. “Thank goodness, I managed to remember to shave my legs this morning.”. I can only speak for myself, but I definitely think you have a very good reason to get the tattoo you mention and I don’t think anyone has a right to pass judgment on you for getting it, since it expresses who you are and your love and respect for your husband’s and your family’s culture. Because of the pain involved, though, it is also considered a rite of passage into adulthood. I think Palagis who have a tatau now adopt that Samoan pride and they are wearing it with the Samoan pride telling the world about us and our culture. From my experience, it is the malu and malofie specifically that create heated debates, not so much “modern,” or contemporary, adaptions of them, such as sleeves, taulima and tauvae. Ask: Does a member of your family have a tattoo? But welldone to whoever wrote this article this really answered some of my questions aswell so thankyou , What?? Ask your mum where your dad’s from and maybe surprise him.
Overall, the design is symmetrical with a pattern consisting mainly of straight lines and larger blocks of dark cover, usually around the thighs.
Only a few women ranked high enough to receive it – as opposed to how just about any young man could get a malofie – but it was still essentially decoration for the body, something used to enhance beauty. OUR TATTOO IS NOT ONLY CULTURE, BUT MAKES US WHO WE ARE ABOUT…SAMOANS, POLYNESIA, WARRIORS, RESPECT&LOYALTY TO FAMILY!!!….AGANU’U!!!…. I know lots of NZ born Samoan who wants one years later they still thinking .. dammit !! Show off and be proud of your unique blend of cultures! At the same time don’t make a fool of yourself claiming you represent a entire culture. Brian, think before you open your mouth. The pe’a and or malofie are of the same.
The original familys to receive the ato au is the Su’a family from upolu lefaga and Tulou’ena from savai’i. My wife is half maori and I am half samoan. But nothing further..
In Fiji, tattooing is only performed by and for women, and is chiefly confined to the parts of the body which are covered by the liku or grass skirt. Well, I am not entirely sure what you mean about your “credentials,” but I think you’re asking if you’d be considered “worthy” of receiving the malofie according to the tufuga ta tatau. As I got a little older I ask him why he never shows his tatau in public especially in front of the house? Another thing to think about when comparing Christianity to the settlement of early Samoa is that Christianity is NOT thousands of years old. Where it survived, it was as a private ritual rather than a communal one.
God never intended for us to continue to live by the Old Testament. My grandmother does not have a drop of Samoan (or island) blood in her, but was raised in the fa'aSamoa ways.
Male and female tattoos have different names in Samoan.
. Then she had to lie on her back before the old woman who concocted in a coco-nut shell the liquid used for the staining. I’ve been to Samoa several times and have met some of the suluape family and witnessed them perform the tatau. So to say that you have a Samoan tribal tattoo is not accurate. In the process of making my partner and family proud , I may disappoint my parents as I don’t have any tattoos and I’m pretty sure that I’d get a hiding lol but the one thing I’ve always believed if I was to ever get a tattoo it would have to have a lot of meaning to me, as this one sure does. Sāmoan independence led to a revival of tā tatau, and in the 1960s and 1970s, Sāmoans arriving in New Zealand in search of work introduced it to this country.
The pe’a is normally colored in dark color and malu relatively light color. Thank you for sharing. But it is a piece of art so highly valued in our culture that to be allowed to receive one is a gift. It’s a pretty big deal. Your slaves comment? lol … Maybe someone else who reads this can help. For your information my friend Samoa is the birthplace of Polynesian Culture and the birthplace of most Polynesian islands around the Pacific such as Hawaii, Cook Islands, New Zealand no offence to my Polynesian brothers and sisters.
As far as I know, he’s in his 60s now with an incomplete malofie… when my mom and her relatives talk about that incident, i HAVE heard comments about the esoteric reasons this guy wasn’t able to complete his tatau (i.e.
how has tattooing hanged over the years (highschool project im working on so would love opinions) so has it changed, is it different, whats the actual traits as in tradition? Please create one below, or sign in if you already have one.
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