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Revealing Mataora: Traditional Maori facial markings

Documenting my brother as he receives his ancestral markings – his mataora – a closed Māori practise of receiving traditional facial markings. He received his markings here in Australia by Ta Moko artist: Turumakina Duley of Arts Elemental. Being able to walk beside my brother as he journeys to receive his ancestral markings, his Mataora, […]