My jaw clenches and my teeth crunch as the tiny blade slices liquid poison into my calf. Each cut stings with a nagging numbness – sort of like my recent breakup. Getting a tattoo was how I wanted to ...

First-time feature filmmakers Heretu Tetahiotupa, Christophe Cordier delve into the ritual art of Marquesan tattoo, sharing its cultural and historical significance by reenacting the past and ...

Wearing choker necklaces made of boar tusks, traditionally tattooed Marquesan men fiercely grunt performing the “Pig Dance” alongside a hallowed banyan tree where cannibals buried skulls of ...