in 2017 Sake obtained the Samoan tatau for women - known as "malu" - on her legs before adding the traditional tattoos to her hands in 2022. Tattoos have long served more than a skin-deep purpose ...

Skin Stories follows traditional Samoan ceremonies, where body tattoo, or pe'a, is being revived after it was discouraged by Christian missionaries. Wrapping the body from mid torso to the knees ...