Moana 2 ends on a huge turn for the titular character, giving her oar and new tattoos a deeper meaning. The 2024 sequel is ...

Warning: This story contains spoilers about Moana 2. In Polynesian culture, tattoos are incredibly meaningful, generally representing aspects of one's family, history, and cultural legend.

Maui is one of the most important and beloved characters in the Moana franchise and his tattoos make him even more distinct. Voiced by Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, Maui first debuted in the 2015 ...

(Get tickets for Disney's Moana 2, now playing in theatres everywhere.) From his signature tattoos, we can learn about the place of the practice across the Pacific Islands, what its images ...

Dwayne Johnson and Auli'i Cravalho have explained the surprise tattoo reveal in Moana 2. The Disney sequel takes viewers on another ocean adventure, as Moana (Cravalho) receives an ancestral call ...

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection 12.Moana comes back to life with a tattoo on her hand. In Samoa, it's called a tualima, and it includes the same markings used in ...

Little details such as Moana’s conch shell, the pottery ceramics she finds, the tattoos and even the wayfarer’s canoe are touchpoints that the creatives went to great lengths to include.

Transformation and magical tattoos, as in Maui's famous tattoos, are almost magical, celebrating heroic acts and marking Moana's transformation. These tattoos celebrate her achievements and ...

Now, Moana has tattoos on her arm and a magical artifact, her oar, which she uses to change ocean currents. These powers will come in handy when it’s time to face Nalo. Moana’s demigod powers ...