Tattooing Last of the KALINGA tattooist Part 1

Posted on August 28th, 2009 by admin

Me and a few of the tribe members of TATAK NG APAT NA ALON TRIBE. along with WHANG-OD the last of the tattooist of the kalinga or in general of northern luzon that practices the old way.. it was really a great honor because we were there at the diddiga festival with LARS who also is a friend of ours and did the show TATTOO HUNTER on discovery channel with WHANG-OD. and so it was a great honor for me for her to ask me to tattoo her when she is the LAST tattooist in the region and the master, like a master passing the blessing onto an apprentice…. so it was so great..

and she took it like a CHAMP!!! and was not moving at all… and the tool i was using was a bamboo and from Benguet by the the ibaloi tribe the bottom part of it is shaped like a SNAKE’s head and the mouth of the snake is where the needles go.. so the HSSS!! of the snake is when you get blessing or tattoo of the warrior symbols of our fallin ancestors.. (of course if any one wanted to know it is not recycled the TOOL it is brand new always and made again and again i replicated the shape so that the symblism can still be powerful when someone is getting tattooed)

Duration : 0:1:35


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12 Responses

  1. icepickflip Says:

    what research… …
    what research…wikipedia and disneychannel???? hahaha! go dig some real information from books from universities and libraries.. dont be shy to flip around NGC and discovery channel too.. you know how to use the remote noh? I bet your ancestor would give you a spanking for being so ignorant. Your grandfather and my grandfather sat on the same boat while migrating through the islands. haha… peace!

  2. icepickflip Says:

    uhm…did you miss …
    uhm…did you miss that day in school where they were discussing ancient history? or you were at the bathroom during the discussion???? either you were not listening…or just plain ignorant.

    moral of the story: Go to school children..learn your roots and history of others, or you would look like a total idiot just like twisted bone! bwahaha! peace homie!

  3. 001001sith Says:

    A lot of …
    A lot of Polynesians will disagree with you.

    I totally agree with you with the research i have done.

    peace!

  4. forallmoods Says:

    Kalinga tattoos are …
    Kalinga tattoos are so amazing because they resemble patterns and shapes very similar to those of Samoan and Hawaiian Tatttos. I also believe that the Kalinga’s along with Polynesians share deep rooted meanings when it comes to Tattoos.

    Thanks for sharing apatnaalon

  5. g100as Says:

    Pssshh… we weve …
    Pssshh… we weve been doin this way before your great great great great great grand parents were born.

  6. apatnaalon Says:

    LOOK IT UP YOU BIG …
    LOOK IT UP YOU BIG DUMMY this is where the so called pacific islanders came from your ancestor and mine migrating from mainland ASIA but do not speak what the rest of the BIG population of asia speaks.. so WITH your DUMB remarks SLOW it down and read a book so you know whats up..

  7. apatnaalon Says:

    third major …
    third major language this is where the POLYNESIAN migrated from and they still have traces of polynesian tribes in south east asia
    because of this LANGUAGE it is called the AUSTRONESIAN language- also called MALAYO-POLYNESIAN race language..

  8. apatnaalon Says:

    the AUSTRO-ASIATIC …
    the AUSTRO-ASIATIC that is all the major asian groups in asia the chinese the vietmese etc.. if you LOOK the LANGUAGE up they will have a LIST for you who is in that group of tribe race..

    the SECOND major LANGUAGE is from INDIAN people speaking along with TIBETO-BURMAN check that list and see who they influence and what many culture and race have spawn from there..

  9. apatnaalon Says:

    so what do you …
    so what do you think a PACIFIC ISLANDER is??? now should you call it ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER then because we are ASIAN you say… but that is BULLSHIT because when you study language there is to 2 to 3 MAJOR language GROUPS in MAINLAND ASIA
    here they are okay so that you can be EDUCATED you DUMMY:

  10. apatnaalon Says:

    THE LAST IDIOT that …
    THE LAST IDIOT that commented have you look on a map lately or a book lately???

    if you notice on a GLOBE the they call the PHILIPPINES the P.I. for short because itis the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS and on what OCEAN the PACIFIC ocean..

  11. twistedbone12 Says:

    why do filipinos …
    why do filipinos want to be like polynesians islanders.???

    yall some asian wannabe pacific islanders

  12. manongjai Says:

    much respect! …
    much respect! something that will always be a part of history my friend!

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