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Tribal Kalinga tattoos
Kalinga – Traditional Tribal tattoos There are pictures of Francis’ mom 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 [...]
Dananau Tulgao
Dananau – Tulgao – Kalinga Walking around through the rice terraces to Dananau gives you an idea of how much work it must be to farm these steep hillsides. It was good to meet up with Francis, a guide from Tinglayan, and hike around the hills to Dananau and Tulgoa. There is a road from [...]
Tinglayan
Tinglayan Travelling from Bontoc to Tinglayan along the Chico River sure is beautiful. It can get spooky looking over the edge of the road because it’s a long way down to the river. All the vehicles are packed with passengers including the roof. I usually opt for the roof ride myself because the view is [...]
Kalinga Native Filipino Tattoos
Kalinga tattoos Most of the Kalinga women from Leg leg’s generation have these full sleeve traditional tattoos. The younger people do not express any interest in keeping this tattoo tradition alive. Charcoal is made into a paste and then thorns from the calamansi trees were used as needles to decorate their bodies. Picture at left [...]
Kalinga – Chico River Canyon
But But Chico River Canyon You can take the jeepney from Bontoc past Malagcong up the Chico River canyon for a ways to a trail alongside that road. It leads up into Kalinga country to the settlement of But But. This is a neat little village high up in the hills surrounded by small rice [...]
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