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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Vogue's latest cover model is shattering expectations in more ways than one. Apo Whang-Od is a tattoo artist from Buscalan, a mountain village in The Philippines' Kalinga province.

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

Nuseir Yassin, also known online as Nas Daily, is officially halting Nas Academy operations in the Philippines after a controversy involving the legendary tattoo artist Whang-Od Oggay. The statement: ...

Miss Universe Asia 2024 Chelsea Manalo traveled to Kalinga and got the signature three-dot tattoo from Apo Whang-Od, which ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Surrounded by lush rice terraces and undulating landscape, the mountain village of Buscalan is home to just 200 or so households.

Chelsea Manalo met and got inked by the legendary Apo Whang Od. In an Instagram post, Miss Universe Philippines 2024 shared that she got Apo Whang Od’s signature three-dot tattoo on her ribs, and ...