Inside TOUCHING journey of 106-YEAR-OLD TATTOO ARTIST – From a young poor women with financial burden to a successful tattoo artist bringing fame to the WHOLE country

106-YEAR-OLD TATTOO ARTIST Gracing the Cover of Vogue Philippines.

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Apo Whang-Od, a 106-year-old tattoo artist, is the latest cover girl for Vogue Philippines’ April issue. This makes her the oldest person ever to appear on the cover of Vogue.

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She has been instrumental in training and inspiring many of her descendants to continue the unique Philippine tattooing tradition of batok.

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Batok is a centuries-old indigenous Filipino tattooing tradition in which the practitioner taps ink into the skin using a bone or wooden tool.

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Apo Whang-Od And The Thousand-Year-Old Tradition Live On

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