The magazine also praised the artist on Instagram for how her works symbolises the “strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit”. “Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted ...

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 ...

Talilo Marfil and Apo Whang-od in "Waves" video. Image courtesy of Cruz Media. Facebook might still be good for something after all. Back in 2019, Portland rapper Talilo Marfil connected with ...

For their April 2023 issue, the magazine tapped 106-year-old Apo Maria "Whang-Od" Oggay, a traditional mambabatok, or Indigenous tattoo artist, to pose for the beauty-centric issue. As outlined in a ...

BUSCALAN, PHILIPPINES • Whang-Od, 107, has witnessed more than a century of change in her remote village in the Philippine northern hills. But the greatest changes have come because of her, the ...

Filipino tattoo artists dominated the Singapore Ink Show 2025, marking global recognition for their artistry and skill ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It’s a Filipino tradition that dates back thousands of years. And it can be found right here in Hawaii — at Natalia Roxas’ home in Waialua. Roxas’ is a practitioner of the ...

There's an Indigenous form of tattooing based in the Philippines called batok, dating back to pre-colonial days. Natalia Roxas is a practitioner based in Hawaii. She calls it a spiritual ceremony.

Filipino tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od has become the oldest person to ever appear on the cover of Vogue at the age of 106. Vogue Philippines announced last week that Whang-Od would be the magazine’s ...