Whang od biography for kids
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Whang od biography for kids
Whang-od facts for kids
In this Philippine name, the family name is Oggay.
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Whang-od tattooing on June 30, 2016 | |
Born | Whang-od Oggay (1917-02-17) February 17, 1917 (age 107) Kalinga, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands |
Nationality | Filipino |
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Known for | Last and oldest practitioner of Kalinga tattooing Oldest person on the cover of Vogue |
Awards | Presidential Medal of Merit (Philippines) |
Whang-od Oggay (first name pronunciation:[ˈ(h)wɐŋˈ(ʔ)ɔd]; born c.
February 17, 1917 or March 6, 1919), also known as Maria Oggay, is a tattoo artist from the village of Buscalan within Tinglayan, Kalinga, Philippines. She is often described as the "last" and oldest mambabatok (traditional Kalinga tattooist) and is part of the Butbut people of the larger Kalinga ethnic group.
At the age of 14, she began tattooi