A Book About the Practice and History of Tattooing in Kalinga, Northern Luzon, Philippines

This book is a must-have in your bookshelf if you're interested in learning about Igorot culture, traditions, and history. In this book, the art of tattooing among the Kalingas in Northern Luzon takes center stage. 

Based on her extensive fieldwork and documentation in Kalinga, Analyn V. Salvador-Amores weaves a comprehensive account of the traditional practice of tattooing in Kalinga in the past and in the present.

Salvador-Amores also discusses the relevance of the practice and how it has evolved in the time of contemporary practitioners like Whang-od and her young apprentices. 

To get a copy of this important book on Cordilleran culture and history, you can try the bookshop/giftshop of the Museo Kordilyera at the University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB).

📖 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘬, 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘶𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴

✍️ Analyn V. Salvador-Amores