A dying Filipino tattoo tradition is being revived – and forever changed – by the international travellers seeking to get inked by its last tribal artist, 97-year old Apo Whang-Od.

TABUK CITY — Kalinga “mambabatok” (traditional tattoo artist) Maria “Whang-od” Oggay was conferred on Monday the Dangal ng Haraya award for intangible cultural heritage by the National ...

When I visited Kalinga last year, my primary goal was to climb Mount Patukan, one of the province’s prominent mountains. July 10 ... And while many travelers seek to embody our country’s rich and ...

At the age of 101, Apo Whang-od Oggay from the Butbut tribe in Buscalan, Kalinga is the oldest manwhatok, a traditional Kalinga tattoo artist. The. Skip to content. OCTOBER 27, 2022.

After much prodding, a university professor researching about tattoos got herself tattooed, enduring the pain from a lemon thorn dipped in charcoal, which a 92-year-old Kalinga woman, Whang-ud, ...

RED DEER, Alberta – A glimpse of this Kalinga woman’s wealth in tattoo art could be seen in the depths of her pensive look, captured in her now famous photo that caught the eyes of the ...

Apo Whang-od’s tattoos not for commercial use. Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Today's Paper. ... (NCIP) has intervened in the unauthorized commercial release of tattoo designs made by far the oldest, ...