TATAU TATTOO FESTIVAL SAMOA

Samoa Tatau Festival 2019 and the Taumeasina Island Resort — bringing Polynesian artists and performers together!!!

Celebrating the contribution of tatau legend Su’a Suluape Petelo Alaiva’a

The Tatau Festival finally arrived in Samoa following three successful events in Washington State and one in American Samoa last year November.

The goal of the Festival is to celebrate the traditional art of tatau and at the same time, promote Polynesian tattoo artists — men and women — who use needles, ink, and a bit of imagination to tell a story on people’s bodies.

The love is also extended to Polynesians who are able to touch the lives of audiences across the globe with their music.The Fest officially concluded on Saturday, Nov. 23rd with a concert featuring a line up of Polynesian superstars, including Fiji; Tenelle; Sam Choo Koon a.k.a. Mr. Cowboy; Lapi Mariner and Western Conference.

The three-day event featured LIVE tattooing and LIVE entertainment. It kicks off on the morning, Nov. 21st with a parade being hosted by the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) who partnered with the organizers of the Samoa Tatau Festival to make the event a memorable one.

This affair wouldn’t be possible without the strong support of the following companies and organizations: Taumeasina, Vailima, TV3, Magic FM, QHF Lighting, Naydith Events Hirage, and Samoa Airways in Samoa, and two local companies: Island Business Center and Samoa News.

Terri Smith of Terri Creatives was personally invited along by Whitey Chen (CEO and Owner of the Tatau Tattoo Festival) to be a part of the Tatau Festival Squad landing the position of creating personal media content to cover the Tatau Festival over its 3 Day celebration.

"The festival was all about family, friends, tattoos, music and making memorable moments. I felt honoured to be a part of the Tatau Festival team and to be involved with such an amazing event."

Images by: Terri Smith

Source of content: Samoa News