But is it all so simple? Legendary tattoo master Whang-Od was transported from her tribal village of Buscalan to the capital for the Manila FAME trade show, with the help of the Philippine Army ...

Indigenous tattoo artist, Apo Whang-Od, who turned 106 in February, is now the oldest woman to have appeared on the cover of Vogue. Filipina tattoo artist, Apo Whang-Od, has been described as the ...

Whang-od now only does her signature three-dot (P300 tattoo fee), while her two apprentice nieces, Grace and Ilyang, do her ...

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 ...

Yet, some are wondering whether she might actually be the oldest living mambabatok (a person doing hand-tapped tattoo technique) in the country. Maria Oggay, known as Apo Whang-od, is believed to ...

“The traditional Kalinga tattoo design was integrated in a more subtle way, as a nod to the legendary icon, Whang Od., and as a representation of our indigenous peoples; a merging of tradition a ...