Why I wear both moko kauae and malu
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
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Charle and Gabrielle who carry the markings from both their cultures, shared their journey with Ohinga, discussing what it means to wear both a moko kauae and malu.
For Charle, living in the small town of Tairua is what grounds her to being Maori, in the heart of where she calls home and only a few minutes from her marae. Receiving moko kauae came naturally. Her mulu was a way of outwarding blending her Samoan identitv into who she is.
Gabrielle has grown up strongly connected to her taha Mãori and wearing moko kauae was a natural progression of that. She always felt that she would receive her malu from a young age, in order to stay connected with her Samoan side.
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My nephews are have Māori, half Samoan. They get to claim both. Got a nice thats half Tongan. She gets to claim both too.
Those are bridges long crossed over. We all from the same waka. We just got off the fleet in different places.
Not hating but why don't maori get get their leg piece mataora/kauae with a tattoo gun? why don't they get it the old way like the samoans and tongans?
Huh? You contradict urself my bro
There are some moko out there that have been done using a modern chisel style - more aligned with how the whanau from the islands would do their tatoos. Tamoko artists of old used chisels which put deep cuts into the skin, carving the pattern into the skin like a wood carving , highly doubt it would be a popular option in this day and age. And why do it when there are tools available that can give you a moko in the least painful way. The result of an old school moko does have more beauty to it though but heck no to that painful experience.
But I do want to say Maori have done amazing to keep what we have alive
HI NOT HATING😂
A FEW FUN FACTS 4 YA 😂
1)OUR TRUE UHI TRADITION
IS NOT THE SAME TATAU -
WE CARVE THE SKIN
THE SKIN IS SLICED OPEN & ASH & PIGMENT AID IN MAKING SURE THE WOUND DOES NOT HEAL OVER
PROPERLY. " UHI " MEANS " CHISEL "
2)OUR ANCESTORS USED THE BEST TOOLS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME FOR WHATEVER TASK WAS AT HAND & ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS SO SHALL WE!!
3)AS AN INDIVIDUAL ITS YOUR BODY
YOU PICK WHAT METHOD OF APPLICATION SUITS YOU..
UHI?GUN?CHOPSTICKS?TOOTH PIX?
IT IN NO WAY DEFINES OR CHANGES ONES ANCESTRY!!
Hygiene regulations ?