At 106, Apo Whang-od is the oldest known person practicing batok, a traditional tattooing technique that dates back 1,000 years in the Philippines. These tattoos were once badges of honor to warriors ...

Apo Whang-Od is a traditional tattoo artist from the Philippines. Vogue Philippines has unveiled the cover star for their April 2023 issue: 106-year-old traditional tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od. Also ...

When a helicopter brought tattoo artist Whang-ud from her home village in remote Buscalan in Tinglayan, Kalinga province, to Manila for a two-day trade event, people cried “exploitation!” What was a ...

Maria Fang-od Oggay at her home in the village of Buscalan, in the northern Philippines, last week. She belongs to the last generation of her ethnic group bearing a full set of traditional tattoos and ...

The Filipino mambabatok Whang-Od, said to be the world’s oldest tattoo artist, was featured in the latest video of Palestinian-Israeli vlogger Nas Daily. In his vlog released Tuesday, Nas said it took ...

Surrounded by lush rice terraces and undulating landscape, the mountain village of Buscalan is home to just 200 or so households. It rests in the Kalinga province of the Philippines and is about a ...

Will Hatton says his main motivation was to locate an elusive tribal tattoo artist and get inked, the traditional way. We’re talking the use of thorns, soot and a bamboo hammer. Gulp. And the ...