Perched on a cliffside, high in the Cordillera mountains is Buscalan village. Only accessible by foot, it may have remained largely cut off from the rest of the world if not for one remarkable resident.
At 106-years-old, Whang-Od is thought to be the oldest female tattoo artist in the world.
Taught by her father, she has been heralded as the last mambabatok – a traditional Kalinga tattooist – of her generation.
Using just a bamboo stick, a thorn from a pomelo tree, water and coal, her tattoos were earned for bravery by the Indigenous male Butbut warriors.
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