Ta Moko -George Nuku iv2

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Taken from the documentary 'Ta Moko' directed by Kim Webby.

"Ta Moko" takes viewers on a personal journey through the moko process.

Ta Moko also follows the revival of the ancient process of moko using uhi, bone chisels, as it was done in the days of old. Auckland moko artist, Turumakina Duleyz, is bringing back this ancient process by using uhi on the face of artist George Nuku. As the documentary shows, it is a process of trial and error with potentially dire consequences.

At the heart of "Ta Moko" is an appraisal of the ta moko renaissance, ten years after it began and the current mainstreaming of a once mysterious practice.Ta Moko is an exploration of the current place of moko in Aotearoa and attitudes toward the revival of this ancient practice. As seen on www.gogglebox-tv.com

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[mbariver]

good old traditonal way.

Back in the islands I remember mum tattooing her mums back using sticks and thorns from the bush lemon tree.

That tapping of stick sounds familiar.

[FrontoftheBox]

Thank you for your comment, yes this is a very traditional way of moko, if you would like to see more please visit Front of the Box website.

[bjorntamara]

respect its the real way and hurts like hell

[faenskapet]

Respect!

It is so good to see the old traditions come back to life.

[TKISASKUXX]

shit that looks sore.. hha



[iroammm]

maori way more ruthless than the islands bro wat sole do you see with full face urus up

[MailManMacc]

A proper traditional Ta Moko on the face will hurt but you have to earn it. This guy has Mana...

[DevilKeyz]

@frontrowpig I have been told that we got our Moko from Whakairo , and Whakairo from the way iro eat the decompsoing shoulder, elbow, knee's, buttocks.

Another one is that we used to paint our moko on, but one man had a missus and he had done something to make her run away from him i can't remeber, but when he went to get her from the Underworld, the tribe there laughed at him because there moko was carved in the skin...

but this is just what i've been told, different iwi sometimes diff story

[frontrowpig]

@DevilKeyz Tell me them

[DevilKeyz]

@frontrowpig thats from a samoan.. for maori, there are many stories on how we got moko

[gmaileer]

ta moko - ta more core

[TheCelticmaori]

beautiful moko

[frontrowpig]

I was told by a Samoan it was the Fijians who introduced tattooing to the Pacific Islands...Is this true?