The word “tattoo” is a borrowing of the Samoan word tatau, meaning to mark or strike twice (the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs). The first syllable “ta”, meaning “hand”, is repeated twice as an onomatopoeic reference to the repetitive nature of the action,…
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i have two big tattoos i can imagine his pain…….uuuuuh, scares me
Those horrible video almost got you there there..
@frost685
I never saw a Samoan Tatau ever outlined. This is modern crap.
the origin of tattooing is of divine command… Loa the supreme god sent 2 of his sons… the 2 gods taught the people the spiritual and the social lore which made up the traditional fabric of our society… they tattooed all the living creatures, thus giving them special colors and markings… these 2 gods are said to have come to the people and said, ” you must be tattooed, so that you may become beautiful, everything will pass only the tattoos will remain, a human will leave all and…
… everything behind on earth… all his/her belongings; only the tattoo will be taken into the grave… thus only the tattos will be taken to the spiritual island Avaiki.”
mmmmmmm chicken
lol he cuts the chicken with the machete ms13 style xD
@YAAUFA the tattoo the palagi got im not saying that is samoan, i was talking about the pe’a style tat aye. PEACE!
@frost685
you can tell the difference between traditional(family lineage). My design is passed down through lineage.
@V2ASify yeah is it ! they used hammer dude ! wanna try? haha
@thekingvietnam part of me does but the other part of me says run away!
STUDY A LITTLE MORE BEFORE YOU POST SOMETHING YOU DONT KNOW ”FROST”…….
is funny how this video didn’t say nuttin bout the samoan still use this tools and the other video they show how the samoan showed all the other island how to used this tool pure palagi
@YAAUFA thats cool! no harm not bagging anybodys culture just curious thats all.
that guy only got 5 bands, ive gt 10 on my arm alone.lol. still gta giv him credit for getting it though, coz i knw how much pain hes going through, and the pain that follows after getting it.
hey i rememba you guyz bak in tonga Kava kuo heka……..oouuuaaaa
i click this video coz i though it was a leg of a chick :)
sea !! dats my cuzins hubby !! miss ya sea & viboo
Why do the people who do these shows never get the History right? If you wanted a Tatau why didn’t he go to Samoa. The Design that was tapped on his thigh is SAMOAN…The Names of the tools that are used is SAMOAN. The Pe’a is SAMOAN and taboo for just Anyone to get. Special rights and ceremonies are performed when getting a Pe’a… Where was the mention of Samoa in this show????
yup thats samoan
datz rite….thought only Samoans had tattz from dey waist down from way back in da day….came across a book of history n origin of tattooing showing Tongans also practiced same type of ta tatau from dey waist down to the knee…but den it was abolished by dem missionaries n was almost forgotten totally for centuries.