Editing Samoa (section)

===Tattooing===
[[File:Samoan Malu.jpg|thumb|A Samoan woman with a traditional [[malu]]]]

As with other Polynesian cultures ([[Hawaiian culture|Hawaiian]], [[Tahitians|Tahitian]] and [[Māori culture|Māori]]) with significant and unique tattoos, Samoans have two gender specific and culturally significant tattoos. For males, it is called the [[Pe'a]] and consists of intricate and geometrical patterns [[tattoo]]ed that cover areas from the knees up towards the ribs. A male who possesses such a tatau is called a [[soga'imiti]]. A Samoan girl or ''teine'' is given a [[malu]], which covers the area from just below her knees to her upper thighs.<ref>{{cite news |title=Worn With Pride – Tatau (Tatoo) |url=http://www.oma-online.org/worn_with_pride_04.html |work=Oceanside Museum of Art |access-date=26 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330024149/http://www.oma-online.org/worn_with_pride_04.html |archive-date=30 March 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>