Talatonu Sulu’ape sings the tattoo song as my sister gets her malu (traditional Samoan women’s thigh tattoo) in Lefaga, Samoa.
Tatau Samoa - The Samoan Tatoo Song
C G
’O le mafua’aga lenei ua iloa
C
O le taga o le tatau I Samoa
F
Ole Malaga a teine e toalua
G
Na fe’ausi mai I Fiti i le vasaloloa
C G
Na la aumai ai o le ato au
C
Ma si a la pese e tutumau
F
Fai mai e tata o fafine
G C
’Ae le tata o tane
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