Pe'a (Bats) are associated with Halloween. Pe'a also is the name given to the "full" body tattoo of the Samoan men. The reason for calling the men's tattoo a pe'a, according to the tufuga (tattooist) who tattooed my dad, is because the image/design of the pe'a (bat) is the central part of the entire tattoo. It is supposed to be located in the lower middle back - a small design. Some tufugas have rendered a modified image of the design as personal imprimatur.
In one of the previous blog posts on Samoan tattoos (pe'a and malu), I mentioned that Dearie thinks that a pe'a would look really good and nice on me, and so coincidentally, a renowned Samoan tufuga is here in the US (true!!) and right here in our area and neighborhood at the moment performing and demonstrating his unique skills and art. And so I said, hey, why not? Let's do it! And so the rest, as they say, is history. This Halloween I got me a pe'a.
Soooo, yes, I'm now officially a soga'imiti (tattooed male) and a tulΔfale (orator) ......
Triiiicky, aye? ... but it's also a Treat ..for Dearie at least,.ππ. π»π»π»π»π»π»π»
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