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 ...

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 ...

Vogue Philippines released its April issue on Friday and its newest cover model is an 106-year-old indigenous Kalinga woman, Apo Whang-Od, also known as Maria Oggay. Whang-Od, from the small mountain ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Vogue's latest cover model is shattering expectations in more ways than one. Apo Whang-Od is a tattoo artist from Buscalan, a mountain village in The Philippines' Kalinga province.

There's an Indigenous form of tattooing based in the Philippines called batok, dating back to pre-colonial days. Natalia Roxas is a practitioner based in Hawaii. She calls it a spiritual ceremony.

Apo Whang-Od is seen on the cover image sitting gracefully while wearing Kalinga tribe's symbols. She is also one of the very few indigenous people to have appeared on the cover of Vogue. She is also ...

An eskrima martial artist and a tribal tattooer bring ancestral practices to San Diego. Jessica Mercado practices eskrima, a traditional martial art from the Philippines. She talks about the history ...

SAN DIEGO — Families can celebrate Filipino American History month in an artsy way. The first of its kind art exhibits will be open for a limited time. The "Filipino Artists of South Bay" exhibit is ...