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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the remote mountains of the Philippines, Whang-Od — often called the last and oldest living mambabatok — continues the ...

The first sound I heard upon reaching Buscalan was that of heaving and panting. A group of us had just completed a steep climb to the remote village, which is tucked deep into the undulating mountains ...

A documentary centering on Indigenous tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od and the Philippines' traditional tattoo culture is finally making its world premiere.

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino-American stand-up comedian Jo Koy is the latest celebrity to get a tattoo from national icon Apo Whang-Od. On his Instagram account, Jo Koy posted photos of him ...