Traditional lineageHeritage · Samoa · AotearoaRegion · Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Tautofi Sooaemalelagi
Tufuga tā tatau · Aotearoa
- Style
- Hand-tap tatau
- Regions served
- Aotearoa (New Zealand)
- Tradition
- Samoa · Aotearoa tradition →
About Sooaemalelagi’s work
Samoan hand-tap tufuga working in Aotearoa, featured in RNZ Pacific coverage of pe'a and malu ceremonies.
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Sources & citations
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- RNZ Pacific — tatau in Aotearoa ↗rnz.co.nz
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