Francis'
mom is featured in some books documenting the history of the Kalinga
people.
She is a cool lady that runs the sari sari store at the sharp
bend in the road by the hanging bridge just before you get to the main
drag of Tinglayan.
All the women of her generation have some degree of traditional tattoos made from charcol paste and applied with a thorn from the calamansi tree.
These ladies must have been one hot looking group of teenagers back in the day.
The men have some tattoos too but not nearly as elaborate as the womens' and they don't seem to have as much significance.
The whole mountain area between Sagada and Tabuk has a lot of tradition but the old ways are dying out.
Times change but it must have been quite a sight to come into the village 60 years ago with a bunch of topless warrior girls and their headhunter husbands having a party.
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