Hawaii’s inaugural Traditional Tattoo Festival will be held Oct ... “This festival is for folks who are interested in native design and indigenous art and whether or not you actually want ...

The art of tattoo is practiced across the Polynesian Triangle, with designs and meanings that vary from culture to culture. Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, greets cruise ships. Tahiti is one of ...

Tattoos in places like Samoa ... began in the late 1990s as a fusion of Polynesian and Asian art, graffiti and illustration, mixed with tribal designs.” It is also understood throughout ...

But many of the Hawaiian natives ... banning visible tattoos isn't fair and doesn't respect their religious customs. Keone Nunes is a practitioner who taps out tattoo designs just as they were ...