The History of the Samoan Tattoo

My personal view is that if the missionaries really wanted to stamp out the Tatau (Samoan tattoo) they would have, but for some reason the spirit of the Tatau survived.

Even in the new millennium it is still a controversial subject with the churches in Samoa. I believe the two should exist in harmony as I know it does but there shouldn't be any discrimination against those individuals who follow their culture, let them freely do so, it is there birth right as a Samoan.