Tagata Pasifika Tatau special: Part 1 of 2 

Being tongan and married to a samoan i hope my son grows up to get a Pe'a one day and be a traditional samoan like his dad:) HUGE MOTIVATION and INSPIRIATION:) ps Falaniko was my tutor for pac100:)

The man! He himself inked my dad and uncles. His sons inked my brothers, sisters and myself with the malu and the tatau. One of the most greatest decisions I have ever made!

Paulo Sulu'ape was my grandfather and died from his wife. I'm so sad that he died i wished i could see him. May He Rest In Peace. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

wow this was so helpful for my study I'm doing on Samoan tattooing

respect from tokoz it tacoma

Watching this for my Native American/Pacific Islander midterm.

I love his mum's personality, God bless all

..I live in North Africa and live in Algeria I love beautiful and wonderful country samoa I want to come to samoa But we do not have an embassy samoa in my country I do not know I have friends and family Live love with them. Anyone here has helped me Thanks

Yes smile's thank you.

don't take the literal meaning, its just a sign or recognition of respect we give to Samoans who go through their tatau,.

Doesn anybody know where I could find the first song in the video! I absolutely LOVE IT!!

Malo Fesola'i, make our Village proud, fa'afetai Su'a!

i love samoan culture

when i go do mine im going to do it like my father in law, he went by himself no support and came back home with it, all the time we had no idea what he was doing over thea in samoa, he just told us he was going for a holiday, my mother in law was worried n pissed off cos she wanted to be thea to support n him being old school he sed its like he was going to the shops to buy food and come bck lol

What is the song in the beginning??😍

Wuia Hi cous Niko! Mad love from Samauga n Apia #MaroonBoyz lol

Wow! Falaniko my Samoan 101 tutor back at UoA! Nice, nice, very nice ;)

Malo le tali au, Malo le tali tigā 🦇🦇

does anybody know the first pese?! please!

I'm not insecure, i don't need a tatau to show that I understand our culture. I've learnt to pick and choose parts of our culture that i see fit to be good and relevant for my family. Tatau, amongst other facets of Samoana isn't one of them.

That is right ,and not every one have tattoos butook isike a game

@skeevytominiko10 hahahaha yeah that one...lol green shack..lol had to wait for them so i could finish mine..lol but man big ups to them for doing it though

Respect from a uso scared of needles 😂

Malo a faamalosi :) got my malu in 08 and I don't regret it at all :)

Much respect to all Samoan they had our backs in late 1979 against african american and.mexican much respect from a Filipino the other cultures never disrespected us because of the samoan sad case they chose the gangster life and ended up in prison was it worth it to me no but they are respected for that purpose by all culture but it was wasted years they could had a family life can not be rewined must respect ps our native tribe igarot indigenous filipino does this style of tatoo she is a legend she 100 years old still tatooing she is famous on youtube much respect to all the samoan youtube BADJAO sea gypsies filipino islander who lives in the ocean blue waters and a large community and never like to go on land they are muslim from tawi tawi island basilan island and the sulu seas they make large ships by hand and dive 100 feet and stay under water for 10 minutes and live island life like they did for centuries some of the people look samaon and they speak austronesian language filipino language is austronesian we were just colonized by the Spaniard that is why we lost our austronesian Heritage im suprise our melanesian filipino negritos AETA dont tatoo themselves like the igarot tribe in the Philippines islands

what the name of the song at 00.26?

I thought yes.goodfriend thank you's(hungry jack's)hahaha....interesting

@peacebuntou I really hope that's not the only take-away you got :)

Lotofaga woot woot! #SitagataKuresa

What’s the name of the first song please

being ignorant of your culture is what makes you un-manly in your cultures eyes. thats exactly what suluape explained. getting a pe'a it symbolizes that you have understood the meaning and importance of it, and our culture. the pe'a being an outward expression of your knowledge and bravery. Samoans can still show their love, bravery, and understanding of their culture by other means, such as being a good father! so you're doing good i guess, but dont blame your culture from your insecurities

sole show some respect.

really want to get one im only 11 but i think of getting it on 18

The music at 13:43 Whats the title of that song

The Suluape Black is great for the au but horrible for tattoo machines :)

I want to be the first female with a Mlofie...my great uncle's wishes.

whats the song?

Dude, show some respect! Would you even say it to his face?

Talofa i le aufofoga

I was ahh invited to Las Vegas ahahaha Malo le Las Vegas

I hear that you have to get a Tatau in order for you to become a Matai?

How can I search for a Pe'a tatau artist?

these guys took forever to finish i remember..lol they ended up finishing it at wendy`s house...lol

SIK OF YOURTRIANGLE TATU

One take-away I get from all this is unless I get a tatau I'm not man enough!? tsk tsk. I thought being able to provide for my family was manly enough- alas in my cultures eyes I'm obviously not!

what is the purpose of this ? makes no sense to mark your body .. what a dumb ritual ?