Ta Moko - George Nuku

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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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[Piaskinz]

If you're saying he did it to look "cool" i dont think you get the point of Ta moko For George. As he said afew mnths ago, "...anywhere around the world you can kiss goodbye to good first impressions altogether". Being a world renoun maori artist as he is, bringing awareness to maori culture and carrying his ancestry on his skin is hardly stealing and I don't know a Ta moko artist who would "deform" someones ancestry. Do you know what i mean? its not just designs, its his family tree

[gonner709]

met a few dude's playing rugby that were from the with full face moko's. i thought they were done by stick and poke so i allready had a bunch of respect for them goign through the process.

but this.....

holy shit, just goes too prove that maori's are true warriors.

much love from canada.

[ezm123456]

I am A white 19 year old from America, I have the utmost respect for the maori traditions and culture and it fascinates me, and I find myself constantly aggravated at people saying that people getting Moko's are to look cool, and even more frustrated when I see americans with moko's, they don't even realize that they have someone else's story on their fucking body. I believe that the Maori culture is one of the most rich and interesting, and now its up to your generation to keep it alive.

[kulagirl2011]

respect for those who get a ta moko the traditional way and for those who still practice the art.

[keaboii]

A ta moko isn't to look cool its has meaning

it has stuff inn it that resembles you so dont say its just to look cool because it isn't.

[nomadarmy]

@40Gheddo58 the actual technique is called ta moko and the finished product is moko

[MrQuinnLUFC]

holy shit that looks painful!

[eastcoastbjj]

Absolute Respect...For those who don't understand our ways, stick to watching MTV

[MAORIBYBLOOD]

@ilkiepie45 bro i dont think you actually get what us as in maori people are trying to do! we are not putting ta moko on us to look COOL! bro.Maori people are trying to retain their heritage as you know maori is slowly dying out.So if we want that on our body then we can WHY! its our rite too noone elses but ours.I mean it sucks to even think that there's people like you out there that apreciate what TU is trying to do.And for your information it was'nt just royalty or cheifs that had it done

[40Gheddo58]

what is that technique called?? thanks