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 ...

Pauaraisa is one of several players in the squad who has a malu, an intricately designed tattoo of cultural significance commonly seen on Samoan women. Inked across both legs, it denotes shelter and ...

I lay on the mat of the open-air bungalow in Apia, Samoa, looking up at a gecko. As its tail quivered, I felt a sympathetic twitch in my leg. Su’a Sulu’ape Paulo III, the sixth-generation Samoan ...

Yesterday marked a monumental moment in cultural history as Tūhura Otago Museum hosted the world’s first-ever public demonstration of traditional Samoan tattooing in a museum setting. The event, which ...

Se talanoaga ma le tama'ita'i Samoa o Salome Wright i le taua o le fa'aolaolaina pea o le gagana Samoa, ae maise i atunu'u i fafo mai o Samoa. (Image supplied by the University of Auckland). Ia malu ...