The Last Tattooed Women of the Philippines’ Kalinga Tribe

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The province of Kalinga is located in the Northern region of Luzon, in the Phillippines’ Cordillera mountains. Among the multifarious sub-tribes that exist in the area, the Kalinga people are its most prominent: an indigenous collective of traditional rice farmers and craftsmen which, throughout its vast history, has successfully avoided colonisation. Manila-based photographer Jake Verzosa travelled throughout the mountainous region from 2009 to 2013 capturing the Kalinga’s aging women and…

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The Last Tattooed Women of the Philippines’ Kalinga Tribe
By Belle Hutton

June 26, 2018 at 05:37AM
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