For the Ancestors
Matalena Leaupepe once saw tatau everywhere.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2019
Reading year level: 6
Category: Non-fiction
Topics: ancestors, au, ceremony, culture, design, faʻa Sāmoa, family, Fiji, harmony, honour, journey, leadership, legend, malu, pain, peʻa, pride, responsibility, ritual, Sāmoa, service, soa, spirits, spiritual, support, tatau, tattoo, tattooing, tāupou, Tilafaigā, Taemā, toso, tufuga tā tatau
For the Ancestors
Words by Madeleine Chapman
“For the Ancestors: One Woman’s Malu” tells the story of Samoan-born New Zealander Matalena Leaupepe’s journey towards getting a malu – a tattoo. It is a highly personal story that combines information about the process of getting the malu with Matalena’s changing thoughts and feelings over many years.
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School Journal Level 3 November 2019
Inside this School Journal are three articles (For the Ancestors: One Woman's Malu; Fantastic Penguins; and Olly's Cicadas), three stories (After the Fire; Hana Kōkō; and The Weird Zone), and one poem (Summer Sounds).
1 of 7After the Fire
“There were no sheep, no cows, not even birds – anywhere.”
2 of 7Hana Kōkō
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3 of 7The Weird Zone
“We’ve been tracking Dad’s weirdness for months.”
4 of 7Summer Sounds
Jenny Bornholdt’s celebration of summer features a range of key poetic devices.
5 of 7Fantastic Penguins
Penguins are unlike any other birds on the planet.
6 of 7Olly's Cicadas
Olly Hills knows a lot more about cicadas than your average eleven-year-old.
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