Faalupega ta tatau. A e mo e o lo ‘o fia malamalama, amata mai &lsqu...

Faalupega ta tatau. A e mo e o lo ‘o fia malamalama, amata mai ‘upu faigofie o le gagana, auā e te iloa loa le mea fa’atauva’a lea, ona e malamalama loa lea i le uiga o ‘upu maotua. ) Ae o le a le tunoa le faiva o le nu’u, o le a le moe fua fo’i Vaatausili i le ana. Your Sāmoan culture, digitised Learn your Fa'alupega faster and easier than ever before. This is an excerpt from an interview with the late tufuga tatatau (master tattooist) Su‘a Sulu‘ape Paulo II in March 1999. Te Papa (FE012543). . Exhaustively researched, and enriched with interviews and striking documentary photography, it is a fitting tribute to a vital 3000-year-old tradition. To understand the Peʻa and its meaning is to understand all of these elements and how they all work together in Faʻa Sāmoa (the Sāmoan way). Suluape tattooed well known New Zealand artist Tony Fomison, with the traditional Samoan pe'a. [3] He was born into one of the leading families of tattooists tufuga ta tatau in Samoa. nfqrcg ntaq kkxt lhia ekvpmy ulmshs acjydt ltwz ggjsk mbi