According to the president of the philippine tattoo artists guild, ricky sta. ana, the buscalan village leaders were not aware that whang-od would be tattooing in the event and the tattoo works at the trade show was not part of the agreement between the village leaders and the organizers of manila fame.. P&p tattoo is considered one of the best tattoo shops in the philippines. the art of tattooing in the philippines has rapidly grown in the recent years. while it has been around far longer than most of us even remember, it was only a couple of decades ago when filipinos embraced this special form of art.. Fang od, or whang od (there are varying spellings but both are pronounced the same), is the last of an ancient line of traditional kalinga tattoo artists in the philippines..
The artist is widely-known in the philippines as the oldest living “mambabatok” (tattoo artist) of northern kalinga province, and perhaps the oldest tattoo artist in the country.. The oldest tattoo artist in the world, and the first female tattoo artist in the philippines, whang-od isn’t so much an inspiration as an institution—as much a part of the butbut tribe’s culture and history as the ancient kalinga mountainside they call home.. Brief history on filipino tattoo traditions. indigenous groups throughout the philippine islands have been practising the art of tattooing for centuries. but after the arrival of the spanish, the americans and the advent of christianity , traditional practices such as tattooing were evidently on the verge of extinction..
