‘Aka’ōu: Tātatau in the Cook Islands
Robert George / Lucy Cole
Running
time:
4 mins
An unlikely master of traditional Polynesian art Tātatau, seeks to pass his legacy to an apprentice.
Croc Coulter, a heavily tattooed Englishman living with cystic fibrosis in Rarotonga, teaches his new apprentice the traditional Polynesian art of Tātatau. As with all indigenous art forms, the relationship between the master and apprentice is an important one. In order for the traditional practice to continue, the knowledge must be passed down.
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