This week is samoan language week. Miss Taylor said that we had to draw a samona picture like a flower and sea animals and more.I did a sea turtle.Today we watched videos about samoan dances and games and more.Today I am going to be talking about samoan arts and tattoos.Every samona has a tattoos. Women that are 21 they have to get a malu. A malu is a women tattoo that every women gets. Like if you are 20 you would have to get a malu because it means that you are finally becoming a women.
In samoa they don't use tattoo gun they use a stick that they made and ink. Some tattoo places do have a tattoo gun but if you were going to do a malu you would have to use a hard stick and ink. Every women has to say a prayer and drink a special drink after they finish there tattoo and also do a dance. In some tattoos they have stories and symbols.
The difference between new zealand and samoa is that samoa they have to stay in the heat and some houses don't have fans. New Zealand does plant they foods and so do samoa.Samoas electricity, they don't really have much electricity. They use flashlights and lamps to use for when it is dark.
I hope you enjoyed my blog.See you next time bye.
Tofa
Such a lovely and insightful blog Nevaeh. I loved hearing about the traditional tattoo, i did not know that for woman it was an age thing. I have seen videos of the traditional style tattooing it looks very painful. Perhaps next time you could include a picture or two to show the different tattoos, or included your drawing of the tattoo that you did.
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