Eternal Clothing; The Tattooed Shaman of Mentawai

Fade Meraki ventures into the jungle of Siberut Island, West Sumatra to meet the tattooed indigenous Shaman of the Mentawai tribes. She crosses oceans, rivers, swamps and jungles to the remote wooden Uma where this tribe live an original traditional lifestyle. She learnt to speak Bahasa Indonesian in order to translate the interviews and be able to travel in this remote location. Fade Meraki learns about tattoo culture, traditions and Shamanic practices with the tribal elders. Fade Meraki makes tattoo tools with the Shaman and ink from ash. She gets tattooed in the jungle and reunites with her adoptive Mentawai tribal mother and Aman Lau Lau, the chief of the village.