President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confers the Presidential Medal of Merit on 106-year-old Kalinga tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od on Wednesday, February 14.
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00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confers the Presidential Medal of Merit on 106-year-old
00:06 Galinga tattoo artist Apo Wang Od on Wednesday, February 14
00:11 Wang Od, who started tattooing at the age of 15, is known as the "Last Living Mambabatok,"
00:17 an artist who uses thorn and bamboo sticks to draw tribal-designed tattoos
00:22 She is a pioneer in shattering gender stereotypes, venturing into tattooing when it was just
00:28 a man's exclusive preserve.
00:31 She is a keeper of the oral traditions and a mentor, teaching a new generation of artists,
00:36 thus ensuring that her art form lives on to tell tales of her community's history.
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