{"id":5838,"date":"2017-11-28T23:46:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T23:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2018-02-06T20:59:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:59:52","slug":"modern-maori-womans-chin-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/modern-maori-womans-chin-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Maori woman’s chin tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a><\/span>When New Zealand was colonized in the 1800s, the ancient M\u0101ori practice of moko kauae\u2014or sacred female facial tattooing\u2014began to fade away. Now the art form is having a resurgence. Here’s what it means to stamp your identity on your face.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For New Zealand M\u0101ori women, the moko kauae, or traditional female chin tattoo, is considered a physical manifestation of their true identity. It is believed every M\u0101ori woman wears a moko on the inside, close to their heart; when they are ready, the tattoo artist simply brings it out to the surface. Last month, Nanaia Mahuta became the first member of parliament in the world to wear a moko kauae. The 46-year-old made history<\/a><\/span> not only because of her decision to wear her M\u0101ori identity on her face in a political arena, but as part of the resurgence in M\u0101ori women receiving the traditional ink.<\/p>\n

I find this art form almost as appealing as authentic masquerade. Somehow the tattoos in the USA don’t impress me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When New Zealand was colonized in the 1800s, the ancient M\u0101ori practice of moko kauae\u2014or sacred female facial tattooing\u2014began to fade away. Now the art form is having a resurgence. Here’s what it means to stamp your identity on your face. For New Zealand M\u0101ori women, the moko kauae, or traditional female chin tattoo, is considered a physical manifestation of their true identity. It is believed every M\u0101ori woman wears a moko on the inside, close to their heart; when they are ready, the tattoo artist simply brings it out to the surface. Last month, Nanaia Mahuta became the first member of parliament in the world to wear a moko kauae. The 46-year-old made history not only because of her decision to wear her M\u0101ori identity on her face in a political arena, but as part of the resurgence in M\u0101ori women receiving the traditional ink. I find this art form almost as appealing as authentic masquerade. Somehow the tattoos in the USA don’t impress me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oceania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5838"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6086,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions\/6086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}