Fun fact: the English word "tattoo" actually comes from the Samoan word "tatau ... which features lighter designs but remains deeply significant. Many people have asked me if I plan to get ...

Tracy Sialega went out to get a tualima, a traditional Samoan tattoo on the back of the hand ... “If they can use our markings for their designs, for their aircraft, for our uniforms ...

"The marks we choose to wear are the clues to the mystery of ourselves," opens the program, setting the tone for the explanation of tattoo, known as tatau in Samoa, the birthplace of tattoo.