Manbabatek Wilma Gaspili's path takes a notable turn when Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy visited Baguio and chose her to ink a part of his story onto his skin
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“He came to my booth across the Baguio Botanical Garden where there was a small art fair. I was so shy, I told him I was new , so I was not very good yet,” Gaspili recalled. As she used a thin blade of grass dipped in ink to make a stencil on Lora’s back, Gaspili told us that that morning, she did not yet have any idea about what pattern to use. So, she said aHAND-TAPPING. Wilma Gaspili works on Lora’s tattoo. Mari-An C. Santos/Rapplerthat’s not necessarily difficult, but for some reason, I am unable to tattoo it on them.
“I found out that aside from being a mark of warriors’ bravery after returning from battles, tattoos were also considered marks of beauty. Women in the Mountain Province were not welcomed in social gatherings unless they were tattooed. So they used to work in the fields or cook delicious food in exchange for getting tattoos,” said Gaspili.
She said, “Our ancestors all over the Philippines had tattoos, but colonization made it taboo. All over the world, many indigenous people have tattoos as a tradition. I have found this affinity with fellow IPs , for example, from New Zealand, Borneo, and Mexico. Tattooing is part of our cultures; we just use different patterns and designs and ascribe different meanings to them.”
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