but symbols of traditional "tatau" found among the people of the Polynesian island country Samoa. Looking down at the body art, Army Capt. Isis Sake, 38, is reminded of the significance that each ...

Wrapping the body from mid torso to the knees, the Samoan art form is performed in a traditional ceremony using boar's teeth. Sailing across the Pacific to North America, the documentary explores ...

Keeping the art form alive in Samoa are many siapo ... Taatoa taps the bark with a traditional Samoan mallet, working from the centre to the edges, spreading it a few millimetres at a time.