- Ritual
- Pe’a
- Region and community
- サモア
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation
- Legal age of majority
- Samoa21 completed Gregorian yearsSamoa · Gregorian · The general statutory definition of a minor. Separate rules apply to marriage, employment and wills. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
Samoan pe‘a covers a man from waist to knees through repeated tattooing sessions supported by relatives. Completion publicly expresses endurance and readiness to serve family and village. Contemporary Samoan cultural sources document the practice through 2025.
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