The Rock<\/a>‘ Johnson has shared how “emotional” it was performing a “sacred” Samoan dance with his family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Dwayne Johnson performed a scared Samoan dance with his mother and daughters in Hawaii<\/p>\n
The 53-year-old wrestler-turned-actor has shared a video of the group – including his Samoan mother Ata\u00a0and daughters – performing the Taualuga\u00a0in Hawaii.<\/p>\n
The Black Adam star took his shirt off to proudly display his Polynesian tattoo and slapped the ground during the ceremonial performance, which symbolises the completion of something important.<\/p>\n
Dwayne – who is father to Simone, 24, Jasmine, nine, and six-year-old Tiana – penned alongside the\u00a0clip on Instagram: “I was blessed to have this very special moment on stage with my mom, my daughters, and our aiga (family) \u2014 dancing our Samoan culture\u2019s sacred dance, the Taualuga.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s custom\u00a0for Samoan men to take their shirts off to proudly show our Polynesian tatau (tattoo) and the intricate stories our ink tells.<\/p>\n
\nAlso custom for Samoan women to lift their lava lavas up to proudly show their beautiful malu (tattoo) on their legs as well.<\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019m slapping the ground as a way to show my respect for how significant this is and how SACRED our ground becomes in this moment with our elders (and my daughters dancing next to me).<\/p>\n
\n“It\u2019s emotional.<\/p>\n
\nYou can\u2019t help but feel it.<\/p>\n
\nThe mana.<\/p>\n
\n“Life is busy for everyone – so special moments like this mean the world to me, to honor our family, our culture and always so good coming back home to Hawaii. Yesaah (sic)”<\/p>\n
\nEarlier this year, the WWE star shared how much he has loved showcasing Polynesian culture through the Moana franchise.<\/p>\n
\nDwayne – who voices Maui in the Disney animated film franchise – told E! News: “The thing about ‘Moana’ – and I think the success about ‘Moana’ – and I wanna thank everybody out there, it’s just been\u00a0this global embrace of our Polynesian culture, and it’s really cool.”<\/p>\n
\nDwayne also loves that the movies can inspire young girls.<\/p>\n
\nThe actor – who has Jasmine and Tiana with his wife Lauren Hashian, and Simone with Dany Garcia – said: “Of\u00a0everything that I love about Moana, the thing that I love most is my daughters, all three of my daughters, see themselves in Moana. And I think this idea of emboldening and empowering our young women and how important that is.<\/p>\n
\n“And I get to run around, with my long hair as Maui, and go, ‘Cheehoo,’ and embolden our young girls – it’s awesome.”<\/p>\n
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