Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of ...

Santa Ana’s Mater Dei High School choir celebrated Samoan Culture during their Fall concert. In a video shared online by one ...

When Abbey Tufue-Wood started planning her wedding, she had more on her to-do list than to choose flowers and cakes. She was also needed to learn how to dance. But not just any dance, a Siva. “Doing ...

ALBAWABA - King Charles and Queen Camilla were welcomed ceremoniously and in accordance with local customs during a rare royal visit to Samoa. As part of the ceremonial honors, the pair, who were ...

Garden Grove's A-Town tattoo shop is one of the only places in the country to offer customers a proper Samoan tatau — a practice dating back generations. David DeMarco is laying on the floor of A-Town ...

The rarely seen process of traditional Samoan tattooing will be open for all to view as part of a programme to encourage the preservation of traditional Pacific knowledge through the Centre for ...

Dr Seeseei Molimau-Samasoni, senior research director at the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa has helped prove the science behind a long-used medicinal plant in Samoa. Supplied / Supplied A ...

A traditional 'fale' structure on the island of Savaii in Samoa, in the central South Pacific. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Catherine Wilson APIA, Samoa (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In many Pacific ...

A Samoan medicinal plant may be as effective as ibuprofen for treating inflammation, according to a new study that combines traditional community knowledge with a modern scientific approach.

A Samoan medicinal plant may be as effective as ibuprofen for treating inflammation, according to a new study that combines traditional community knowledge with a modern scientific approach.