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101 year old tatoo artist is the last of her kind (great big story) youtube.com

Whang-Od is the last remaining mambabatok—a tattoo artist in the Philippines using traditional hand-tap methods. At 101 years old, she is the last master of the thousand-year-old trade that first began as a way to honor warriors in battle. Using a hammer and thorns, Whang-Od taps coal ink into skin. Today, she is training her grandniece

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I got a traditional hand tapped Hawaiian tatoo (refinery 29) youtube.com
I got a traditional hand tapped tatoo.
by Modern Women January 2, 2026
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