The magazine also praised the artist on Instagram for how her works symbolises the “strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit”. “Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted ...

The first sound I heard upon reaching Buscalan was that of heaving and panting. A group of us had just completed a steep climb to the remote village, which is tucked deep into the undulating mountains ...

Talilo Marfil and Apo Whang-od in "Waves" video. Image courtesy of Cruz Media. Facebook might still be good for something after all. Back in 2019, Portland rapper Talilo Marfil connected with ...

Surrounded by lush rice terraces and undulating landscape, the mountain village of Buscalan is home to just 200 or so households. It rests in the Kalinga province of the Philippines and is about a ...

BUSCALAN, PHILIPPINES • Whang-Od, 107, has witnessed more than a century of change in her remote village in the Philippine northern hills. But the greatest changes have come because of her, the ...

In a small town called Buscalan, surrounded by rice fields in the north of the Philippines, lives the worlds oldest tattoo artist, 106 year old Whang-Od. If you take the long trip there you can visit ...

Filipino tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od has become the oldest person to ever appear on the cover of Vogue at the age of 106. Vogue Philippines announced last week that Whang-Od would be the magazine’s ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Surrounded by lush rice terraces and undulating landscape, the mountain village of Buscalan is home to just 200 or so households.