Though it would be an honor to wear our sacred markings ... If they knew how sacred the traditional tattoos are and the ways they symbolize family and service to the Samoan community, they would ...

This tradition is still honoured at cultural and ceremonial events, where high chiefs and 'village maidens' (local, unmarried girls) wear siapo ... the bark with a traditional Samoan mallet ...

"The marks we choose to wear are the clues to the mystery of ... Skin Stories follows traditional Samoan ceremonies, where body tattoo, or pe'a, is being revived after it was discouraged by ...

The King and Queen have been officially welcomed to Samoa with a royal ceremony which saw them wear ceremonial garlands ...

When she is confronted by one of her white male colleagues who suggests she should wear something “more ... fitting for a young woman, with a traditional Samoan fine mat – referred to as ...