Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz gets a tattoo from Apo Whang-od in Buscalan, Tinglayan. (Photo credit_ Hidilyn Diaz IG) TABUK CITY, Kalinga (PIA) – Culture is one of the main reasons tourists visit ...

Meet Whang-Od, the last Mambabatok of the Philippines, preserving a thousand-year-old tattoo tradition. My Octopus Teacher Trailer (2020) The oldest city in Italy is carved directly into the rock ...

MANILA, Philippines — A hanging bridge and pathway funded by actor-politician Robin Padilla offers easier access to the Kalinga village ... "mambabatok" Apo Whang-od. Prior to the bridge and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte got inked by Kalinga "mambabatok" Apo Whang-Od last weekend in the 107-year-old traditional tribal tattoo artist's home in Buscalan, Kalinga.

Apo Whang-Od, also known as Maria Oggay, has been doing geometric tattoo designs representing nature, animals, and other important symbols from Kalinga culture for more than 80 years. She is the ...

A group of us had just completed a steep climb to the remote village, which is tucked deep into the undulating mountains of the Philippines’ Kalinga ... to meet Apo Whang-Od Oggay.

Whang-od tattoos in the traditional Kalinga style and belongs to the Butbut people, an Indigenous group who still practiced headhunting when she was a young girl. “Typically, the Igorots and the ...

Kalinga. Michelle, a top 10 finalist in Miss Universe who won several special awards, is set to crown her successor at the Miss Universe Philippines 2024 pageant on May 22. In February, President ...