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The word “tattoo” is a borrowing of the Samoan word tatau, meaning to mark or strike twice (the latter referring to traditional methods of applying the designs). The first syllable “ta”, meaning “hand”, is repeated twice as an onomatopoeic reference to the repetitive nature of the action,…

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  1. res9able
    November 26, 2010

    sea !! dats my cuzins hubby !! miss ya sea & viboo

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  2. hurleyOC
    November 26, 2010

    is that even the host’s culture? it kinda remains me of when white people get japanese tattoos and no nothing about there culture besides it looks cool to have a koi fish inked on me, so fucking lame

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  3. stupidYOOTUBE
    November 26, 2010

    i click this video coz i though it was a leg of a chick :)

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  4. maryjay64
    November 26, 2010

    hey i rememba you guyz bak in tonga Kava kuo heka……..oouuuaaaa

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  5. pHaZe017
    November 26, 2010

    that guy only got 5 bands, ive gt 10 on my arm alone.lol. still gta giv him credit for getting it though, coz i knw how much pain hes going through, and the pain that follows after getting it.

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  6. frost685
    November 26, 2010

    @YAAUFA thats cool! no harm not bagging anybodys culture just curious thats all.

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  7. ModernWarfare2Owns
    November 26, 2010

    does that guy have no penis? must be small lmao

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  8. stutterthepimp
    November 26, 2010

    is funny how this video didn’t say nuttin bout the samoan still use this tools and the other video they show how the samoan showed all the other island how to used this tool pure palagi

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  9. redenvelopemusic
    November 26, 2010

    STUDY A LITTLE MORE BEFORE YOU POST SOMETHING YOU DONT KNOW ”FROST”…….

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  10. V2ASify
    November 26, 2010

    @thekingvietnam part of me does but the other part of me says run away!

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  11. thekingvietnam
    November 26, 2010

    @V2ASify yeah is it ! they used hammer dude ! wanna try? haha

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  12. V2ASify
    November 26, 2010

    damn!!! that looks like it hurts like hell

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  13. YAAUFA
    November 26, 2010

    @frost685
    you can tell the difference between traditional(family lineage). My design is passed down through lineage.

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  14. frost685
    November 26, 2010

    @YAAUFA the tattoo the palagi got im not saying that is samoan, i was talking about the pe’a style tat aye. PEACE!

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  15. Clepto91
    November 26, 2010

    lol he cuts the chicken with the machete ms13 style xD

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  16. craigr13666
    November 26, 2010

    mmmmmmm chicken

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  17. jenmajol
    November 26, 2010

    … everything behind on earth… all his/her belongings; only the tattoo will be taken into the grave… thus only the tattos will be taken to the spiritual island Avaiki.”

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  18. jenmajol
    November 26, 2010

    the origin of tattooing is of divine command… Loa the supreme god sent 2 of his sons… the 2 gods taught the people the spiritual and the social lore which made up the traditional fabric of our society… they tattooed all the living creatures, thus giving them special colors and markings… these 2 gods are said to have come to the people and said, ” you must be tattooed, so that you may become beautiful, everything will pass only the tattoos will remain, a human will leave all and…

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  19. YAAUFA
    November 26, 2010

    @frost685
    I never saw a Samoan Tatau ever outlined. This is modern crap.

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  20. cingle2004jp
    November 26, 2010

    Those horrible video almost got you there there..

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  21. christiannandres
    November 26, 2010

    i have two big tattoos i can imagine his pain…….uuuuuh, scares me

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  22. ThePULIGI
    November 26, 2010

    TATTOO comes from Samoan word TATAU where most of those patterns and designs belong to. Hate to say but thats just direspecting the motherland of Polynesia.

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  23. ewgadd
    November 26, 2010

    BAD ASS!!!

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  24. inkednz01
    November 26, 2010

    so in answer to your question, if is applied correctly, the artist and thier tools are clean and you look after yourself all should be good

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  25. inkednz01
    November 26, 2010

    not if you are healthy within yourself and you look after your new tatau. i have hundreds of hours of machine work and my traditional forearm band was one of the easist to heal anb by far the least painful in application

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