To fully understand and appreciate the pride Utah women’s basketball standout Alissa Pili feels for her Polynesian heritage, one needs only to look at her right leg. Tattooed there, in prominent ...

Hi! I'm Morgan, and I'm a 30-year-old Samoan woman. Morgan Sloss / BuzzFeed Even if you don't know much about Samoan culture, you've likely seen or heard about our tattoos. Fun fact: the English word ...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Saturday at the Women's College World Series often has something of a cutthroat vibe. Mind you, it's not personal -- all right, it's rarely personal -- but it is normally the day in ...

Brazilian big wave surfer Maya Gabiera rode a 73.5-foot wave in Portugal in 2020 — the biggest wave of the year and the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. It was a Guiness world record. She spoke ...

The Samoan ceremonial dance is traditionally performed by men 19-year-old Moemoana Schwenke fought for women to compete Dancers embody warriors by twirling a machete wrapped in burning fabric The ...

APIA, Samoa, July 31 (Reuters) - Keyonce Lee Hang is busy finishing preparations for the to'ona'i, a traditional lunch served after Sunday church in Samoa, and attending to her elderly, bed-ridden ...

Small arrows, birds and stars adorn the tops of the soldier’s hands and fingers. Etched into her skin from the wrists up to her nail beds, the markings are no ordinary tattoos, but symbols of ...