Traditional Culture Of the Philippines
Traditional Filipino tattoos Traditional Filipino tattoos are known by different names depending on which tribe, region, or province visited. It's common name in scholarly articles is either batek or batok, but it is also called fatek, fatok, and patik which all derive from the sound of the tattooing instruments hitting one another. In my Wiki article, I am focusing on the tattooed Kalinga villages near the Cordillera Mountains, in Northern Luzon. Lars Krutak, claims 89 year old woman Whang Od of Buscalan is that last remaining Kalinga artist. However, current Oxford scholar Analyn Ikin V. Salvador-Amores names Lakay Bayanihan The Bayanihan (pronounced as buy-uh-nee-hun) is a Filipino custom derived from a Filipino word “bayan”, which means nation, town or community. The term bayanihan itself literally means “being in a bayan”, which refers to the spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal. Folk dances Folk dan