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Monday, 17 September 2012

Reviving tattooing in South Pacific Nations

Tattooing was once banned by the missionaries in 19th century as heathen custom, barbaric act but nowadays, it is rapidly making a comeback in so many nations especially south pacific nations like Samoa, Cook,and Tahiti.  

Assistants hold Ricky Masoe's skin tight as a master tattooist marks him

Applied with either bone or shell chisel, it was regarded as rite of passage by the Polynesians. They are overly happy that they are rediscovering their lost cultural heritage. See more pcitures


A tattooist uses a traditional method to tattoo Ricky Masoe during an exhibition in Wellington

A master tattooist cracks a club against a chisel to carve a design that scrolls from the waist to the knees

Tattooing is making a comeback in the Cook Islands as locals try to reconnect with their cultural roots

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