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Tattoo arts are common in the Eastern Polynesian homeland of the Māori people, and the traditional implements and methods employed were similar to those used in other parts of Polynesia. [3] In pre-European Māori culture, many if not most high-ranking persons received moko.
Moko facial tattoos were traditional in Māori culture until about the mid-19th century, when their use began to disappear. There has been something of a revival from the late 20th century. In pre-European Māori culture, they denoted high social status. Generally only men had full facial moko. High-ranked women often had moko on their lips and ...
Traditional Māori arts play a large role in New Zealand art. They include whakairo (carving), raranga (weaving), kapa haka (group performance), whaikōrero (oratory), and tā moko (tattoo). The patterns and characters represented record the beliefs and genealogies of Māori.
Although in an essentially traditional style, this carving was created using metal tools and uses modern paints, creating a form distinct from that of pre-European times. Māori visual art consists primarily of four forms: carving ( whakairo ) , tattooing ( tā moko ), weaving ( raranga ), and painting ( kōwhaiwhai ). [ 7 ]
The traditional male tattoo in Samoa is called the pe'a. The traditional female tattoo is called the malu. The word tattoo is believed to have originated from the Samoan word tatau, coming from Proto-Oceanic *sau₃ referring to a wingbone from a flying fox used as an instrument for the tattooing process. [67]
A face tattoo or facial tattoo is a tattoo located on the bearer's face or head. It is part of the traditional tattoos of many ethnic groups. In modern times, although it is considered taboo and socially unacceptable in many cultures, [1] [2] as well as considered extreme in body art, [3] this style and placement of tattoo has emerged in ...
An unfurling silver fern frond Koru kōwhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Ngāti Maru wharenui Hotunui The koru flag. The koru (Māori for 'loop or coil') [1] is a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling frond from a silver fern frond. [2]
One of the traditional maraes in Tahiti La Culture Ma'ohi is a culture movement by the Ma'ohi people to rediscover their culture after colonization by the French in the mid-nineteenth century. Most traditions from the Ma'ohi culture were lost due to colonization, and diverse influences from neighboring islands such as the Marquesas, the Austral ...