I have met 3 people that went to her in Luzon to get Batok tatooed by her. I was thinking about it also, but didn’t wanna ”disturb the old woman”. At that time 99 years old…
106 years old now. Read about her here:
https://vogue.ph/magazine/apo-whang-od/
I have met 3 people that went to her in Luzon to get Batok tatooed by her. I was thinking about it also, but didn’t wanna ”disturb the old woman”. At that time 99 years old… 106 years old now. Read about her here: https://vogue.ph/magazine/apo-whang-od/
VOGUE.PH
Apo Whang-Od And The Indelible Marks Of Filipino Identity
The thousand-year-old practice of batok will live on, thanks to the descendants whom Apo Whang-Od has been training and inspiring.
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