#mambabatok

[aworldofpattern]

Miss Universe Philippines 2023, Michelle Marquez Dee, wearing a gown designed with Mark Bumgarner.

The design was inspired by the traditional tattoos of Maria Whang Od Oggay, popularly known as Apo Whang Od (pictured below).

At age 106, she is the oldest tattoo artist, or 'mambabatok', from Kalinga in the Philippines.

[alicenowonderland]

SHOTS 📸

Going back to my old hobbies to make me feel me. 💗

[mightysmallz]

Whang-od (aka Maria Oggay)

[ano-po]

My self-drawn Sinulog Tattoo.

Comprised of Visayan Traditional pattern and Kalinga Batok pattern.

[aswangnibbles]

89-year-old Whang-Od never married and dedicated her life to tattooing. She is the last Kalinga mambabatok or tattoo artist.

PERPETUALLY SHROUDED IN MIST, the Kalinga village of Buscalan sits high up in the Cordillera Mountains of northern Luzon, Philippines. Although all of the tattooed warriors are now gone, the village is teeming with tattooed elderly women that wear the artistry of the last Kalinga tattoo artist: 89-year-old Whang-Od who learned the art of batok (tattoo) from her father

[a-lovers-discourse]

Apo Whang-Od is a 101-year old mambabatok (traditional tattoo artist) from the province of Kalinga.

Unlike the usual tattoo session, Apo Whang-Od only use thorn and a bamboo stick. Traditional tattoo will make your skin bleed and swells a lot but the ink will stay dominant and clear for decades and you’ll be carrying an obra maestra coming from a legend.

The tattoo tools themselves are made from a instrument constructed in bamboo and razor sharp lemon thorns. The design is marked onto the skin using long strips of straight grass, dipped in simple a mixture of charcoal and water. Then thorn tip is submerged in the charcoal solution before rigorously hand tapping the piercing point into the design on the skin.

[poleeeng]

Serpent Eagle: Heavenly Guidance

[princesstolentino]

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