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joe A.K.A BOOGZ :

only we wear Ta moko

æ💷 :

Humans hating on other humans for culture will never make sense to me

Nevaeh🇳🇿 :

That one’s a moko Kauae those one you can get like you were talking about to show your status in our culture but there another one called a ta moko which anyone of Māori decent which means tells that persons story

✨YodaThug✨ :

Maori here… with a moko kauae… mine represents my lineage… my position within my family… and my purpose in this life… it’s pure devotion to standing within and following Maori Tikanga (protocols) and preserving our culture. TA.

Anahera O'reilly :

it's our birthright

Cj :

What is that 😭😭😭

Courtnee Amorangi :

I am biased but I find it so crazy that people cannot comprehend what’s a tattoo and what’s an indigenous tattoo I could see an cultural tattoo immediately know the difference between that and a “cool” tattoo. I feel like it’s common sense

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dabbzawayz :

isn't that tribal.

C-Type :

it looks crazy? what? where?

TriggerWarning :

You're right. it is super cultural but in NZ now, modern Maori have watered down its significance with people who don't even know how to speak the language or are worthy of it.

Ripley :

it's not that crazy... it's a cultural and very important piece of work they get done. it's not "wtf" at all, y'all mad over ink and always have been, sorry we arent all white, blonde, blue eyed, cis, get, Christian or Catholic men and women.

♡BELLA♡ :

as a māori her tattoo is beautiful

￶￶￶￶ ￶￶￶￶. :

Here from nz just saying im so proud someone out of nz knows the meaning of it

jd_Roman :

Māori tattoos are so beautiful and have such a deep history! I’m Caucasian from the hills of Caucus so I can’t get one but I appreciate the beauty and culture.

kōtiromāori :

You done well explaining. NZ is filled with a lot of racist hate towards our people, as you can see in any comment section on socials, including this one. Thank you for showing respect on our culture 💜

Mahjon :

Theres also this weird thing some maori people do where they make people feel like they arent “worthy” of it or that they should abide by that persons subjective milestones like “learn te reo Māori” as if there is an end to that journey. Just get it whne you wanna get it whānau

Kylie Stewart :

I think she looks very pretty

🤧🤧 :

SOO SHE LIKES IT LEAVE HER ALONE!!

👍 :

I’m not thinking that

carlos30 :

its a bar code for winz 😂😂

Kim Tshabalala :

I love it I’m jealous I want it

Bop Rongoa :

If you have a blood line as tangata whenua weather you speak Māori or not you have the right to hold as a birth right from our tipuna

SATAN :

They didn’t use tattoo guns 😂

Brett :

Tattoo-Hawaii, tamoko- New Zealand…. It’s not a tattoo