Mr Tele'a/ Pe'a

As part of Art Attack the extension group took a deeper look at symbolism. We looked at the different cultures and the symbols tat represent them. They got inspired by the things that use to help them when times were rough like objects, animals, creatures and plants.

To give us some more information Mrs Tele'a brought in her husband to show us his Pe'a. We got to ask some questions about the process, his feelings, and more and more about the tattoo. One of us asked about the design and if he got to pick the design or if the tattooist designed it himself. The answer was the tattooist had studied his tribe and family and had a picture in his head that he had free styled on to his skin.

Since we had already been studying the subject we got a few minutes to work as a group and come up with some questions that we could ask him when he arrived here they are.

Questions and Answers:

1. Josephine - Would you mind if your sons got a tatau too?
2. Josephine - Which family did your tattoo?
3. Ashlee - Did you ever have a moment where you didn't want to complete the process
4. Ashlee - Was it a choice or a must.
5. What did you want to do when you were getting your tattoo done?
6. How long did it take to get it done?

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1. He would be proud of his son if he got a Pe'a but it wouldn't be something he would force him to do as it's his choice. Another worry would be if he could handle the long process and the pain.

2. As their are two very famous families in Samoa that are known very well for doing tattoos we decided to ask who done his Pe'a. We found out that it was a guy named Tuifa'asisina Su'a. Which was part of the Su'a family.

3. Sometimes but he kept going because and unfinished Pe'a is called a Pe'a muku which is embarrassing to walk around with an unfinished Pe'a.

4. To find out if it was more a must by his parents and family or if he had chose to get his Pe'a done. Finding out our answer we discovered that he had chosen to get his Pe'a done.

5. Someone from our group had asked what he wanted to do when getting his tattoo done. He said that he just wanted it to be finished and over.

6. The process is quite long and one of their superstitions is that when getting a Pe'a done you must have a Partner, which is called a Soa to get the tattoo done with. Which made the process longer but the days it took to get his and his Soa Pe'a done was 17 days.

Here are some of the photos that we captured.

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Where the tattoo starts is called a canoe
Below is some patterns and designs.
Some represent things that helped them survive when times were tough also some sea creatures and other types of creatures. Also things that mean something to either them or their tribe.

                                                                                   Inside Thigh

For those who don't know what a Pe'a is it is a Samoan tattoo that goes from the belly button down to about their knees. The tattoo isn't just for Samoan men but also women can get them. 

Front Legs

The tattoos are like a bat wrapped around you with patterns cause if you were to unwrap it of your body and place it on a paper it would look like a big picture.

My Bestie Porscha

Porscha she is funny, bossy, fit, cool and tall. She has brunette hair with  blonde streaks. Her hair is wavy. She likes to play with her hair and take photos.

She likes sports, cooking, technology and talking. Her favourite food is chocolate, lollies, sushi and burgers. We have known each other ever since we were babies but didn’t actually meet each other until we were year 4.

We used to play netball together, we enjoy hanging out with each other we understand each other because our personalities are the same. As besties we like to hang out with each  other. We both like to go to each others houses and watch horrors.

My Uncle, Aunty and Cousins

On November last year I was so happy because my cousin’s and aunty and uncle. They were coming over for the first time my whole family was happy because we have not seen our cousins because they are 2 and 1 years old. They came over for a week they were staying at our house while they were on holiday. During their time that they were here we only did some things because some of us had school and work.

But on the weekend we celebrated our Papa’s birthday and then on Sunday we went to Orakei Beach and had a barbecue we had a little Christmas where we opened our presents from them and they opened our presents from us. We done this because they weren't going to be here when Christmas actually fell. Me and my cousin’s present was a chocolate mould set my older cousins were really cool clothes and the baby’s were snap backs with their name printed on them in gold or colours.

On Monday it was a hot but sad day because it was time for them to go all of my aunties were crying. Unfortunately I wasn't aloud to go to the airport so I said my goodbyes at home. This year on march the 15th my Nana went over to visit them and while she was over they had purposed to each other.

The whole family are going over for their wedding in 2014. We are having the wedding in Raro so we have to save up. This year when they come over we are going camping somewhere.

STKS at Point England School

On Friday at assembly we had a very special guest come and sing and play guitar his name was STKS. He was very funny and we did a few songs we all said wow of amazement because he used his guitar as a trumpet, drum and a guitar. It was interesting when he blew the trumpet out of the end of the guitar and did some songs with the drumming and playing the guitar. He sang R&B rhythm and brown and sang R&B + KFC, Which he made up on the spot.

Before he played the trumpet out of the guitar he asked us was it a trumpet and we said no so he played it, it sounded awesome but really it was just his mouth. He also sang a Samoan song

After that we did sports and then Ms Va'afusuaga said that she had remembered him when they went to the same sports camp and were in Mata ( I think ) She said he was the chanter and sang a lot of songs. And was the first person she saw do the moonwalk and play volleyball in his sandals. We all had a giggle and asked if he could sing another song. So he did he asked if we had watched pitch perfect majority of the kids said yes so he did a mash-up.

First was the boys they had to say "to the left" and the girls had to say "fresh, clean, spark, flow, wing" and then we sang price tag and a lot more. The whole school was laughing and was happy.But unfortunately we had to say by but not forever because we could see him on YouTube if we had permission.

Biggest Sneeze....

Do you now why you sneeze ? Well I will be telling you all about sneezes in my own imagination .

When I do any thing with dust or medicine I get a powerful sneeze that can make me travel to one country to another . It has a lot of abilities. That this big sneeze can do. There are reasons for the up sides and down sides.

Because it is annoying when I need to take medicine because of an illness and disorderly. Their are two reasons on the upside. First reason is because I don't have to clean stuff with dust and fluff. Second reason is because I get paid for taking people to other countries.

When I travel to other countries the gear you must have. Are helmets cloths suits. But not any suits, suits that are not going to put snot and spit. The spit that is go's on you, you can't see because it is very small. If you don't wear the suit you get an allergy.

It is only some times that when I sneeze all the yucky stuffs come out . But just in case I do I would were a suit for my own good .

Symptoms of this allergy are three eyes with conjunctivitis, pumpkin head, Camel toe and a hideous face.  

It is funny to watch them get this allergy but is not okay when KARMA strikes you . The symptoms of this made sure that all of the people pay for their suits if