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Art Appreciation Activity 2: Group 5

Apo Whang Od is a renowned Filipino tattoo artist who comes from the Butbut tribe in Buscalan, Kalinga. She has gained international fame for mastering the ancient art of batok tattooing, which is an important part of her culture's heritage. As the last surviving practitioner from her generation, she has dedicated her life to preserving the tradition. Whang-od tattoos designs onto skin using ink made from charcoal and water, applied through the thorn of a calamansi or pomelo tree - a technique that is over 1,000 years old and known to be quite painful. She never married or had children so that she could focus on being a mambabat

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Art Appreciation Activity 2: Group 5

Apo Whang Od is a renowned Filipino tattoo artist who comes from the Butbut tribe in Buscalan, Kalinga. She has gained international fame for mastering the ancient art of batok tattooing, which is an important part of her culture's heritage. As the last surviving practitioner from her generation, she has dedicated her life to preserving the tradition. Whang-od tattoos designs onto skin using ink made from charcoal and water, applied through the thorn of a calamansi or pomelo tree - a technique that is over 1,000 years old and known to be quite painful. She never married or had children so that she could focus on being a mambabat

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Art Appreciation

Activity 2
Group 5
Apo Whang Od
Whang Od’s dream of becoming a
mambabatok, an indigenous leader who
practices the art of tattooing. These
“tattoos” or batok are an important aspect
of their cultural heritage. Apo Whang Od has
gained international fame for her mastery of
the art and as the sole practitioner left from
her generation, she never married and has
no children.
Whang-od (pronounced as Fang-od)
Oggay also known as Maria Oggay is known
as the last and oldest mambabatok (Kalinga
traditional tattoist) from the tribe of
Butbut in Buscalan, Kalinga, Tinglayan in
the Philippines.
She uses ink composed of a mixture of
charcoal and water that will be tapped into
the skin through a thorn end of a calamansi
orpomelo tree. The ancient technique of
batok dates back a thousand years and it is
relatively painful compared to other
conventional modern techniques.
Group Members
Anillo, Kim Zyra B.
Argel, Lovely Jane V.
Bocobo, Erika Mae V.
Castro, Razelle Hilary V.
Catapang, Allyson Mae P.
Fabros, Veniz Marie C.

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