Army Capt. Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos. (Jon Simkins/Staff) Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier ...

A gesture a Samoan American woman made to honor her seriously ill father has gotten her fired, reports the Australian Broadcast Corporation. Tracy Sialega went out to get a tualima, a traditional ...

For Samoan designs, the patterns typically represent different animals or earth-related structures, which can be assigned different meaning, but ultimately, it's up to the one getting the tattoo ...

In Samoan culture, one’s achievements are not so explicitly tattooed. ... In Moana 2, Su‘a has left his mark once again, this time unveiling new tattoo designs on Matangi, ...

Bunag said the exhibit has allowed tattoo enthusiasts of various cultural backgrounds to connect with the Samoan tattoo culture. The Bishop Museum has hosted the exhibit since November, ...

Tai Tuivasa has various tattoos on his body. These tattoos reflect both his Samoan culture. He considers himself to be a Foboriginal. Let’s have a look at all the tattoos on his body and the ...

The employee got the traditional Samoan tattoo to honor her father. Hawaiian Airlines employee fired over cultural tattoo A Hawaiian Airlines customer service agent was terminated after getting a ...

She recently got a tualima, a traditional Samoan tattoo on her hand, after her father became seriously ill. "I basically got it for cultural beliefs and traditions," Sialega-Fili said.

Samoan culture was on full display during the Mater Dei High School choir’s 2025 spring concert. In a now-viral social media post, the class choir can be seen performing “Pese O Le Tatau,” a ...

12. Moana comes back to life with a tattoo on her hand. In Samoa, it's called a tualima, and it includes the same markings used in the malu, which is the women's equivalent of the pe'a.

Seeking to visualize that commitment to selfless service, and inspired by a reverence for her culture, in 2017 Sake obtained the Samoan tatau for women — known as “malu” — on her legs ...