Visayas: Island of the Painted

Visayan Tattoo culture The Pintados (The Painted ones) Visayan: Batukan or Batikan is a term applied to the inhabitants of the Visayas during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. The name was given to them because they painted their bodies with red clay--or, as some writers say, on account of their being tattooed. Both men and women wear their hair long and fastened in a knot on the crown of the head. The men tattoo their entire bodies with very beautiful figures, using small pieces of iron dipped in ink. This ink incorporates itself with the blood, and the marks are indelible.

Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Phiippine Culture and Society by William Henry Scott:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=9715...

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[Akopito]

bay! e search gani ni

"Buwaya: Crocodile in Philippine Symbolism and Beliefs"

you might find it very interesting..

[iBIsaya]

@Akopito - daghan salamat bay, ako ra basahon taodtaod. :)

[Akopito]

2:31 diay bay! kana mga bulak kay gikan mana sa Borneo :P

[iBIsaya]

@Akopito - lagi, apan naa pud tay sun or star design sa atong visayan tattoo..

[Akopito]

bay! tanuud ba na itum gyud color sa mga tatu naa uban na blue man daw gyud tama color, rehas sa mga Igorot na tattoo makita nimo na dark blue color sa ilang batik!

[iBIsaya]

@Akopito - hello Akopito tanuod na Color DARK BLUE atong tattoo atong kinaadto panahona.. naa pud hapit na BLACK pud...

[djpx49]

Ima get a full body tattoo

[KMKMKMseven]

where'd you get the pictures? :)

[carlistafilipino]

"Lipoñg" is the native term for tattooed people.

[ultimatekarl5]

Mabuhi mga waraynon

[Akopito]

@bisaiia - kinsa mana imung ginaisgut na ginoong Geleo? wa lagi ko naka basa ana na Ginoo na ginabihag padohng sa lain malayo na bansa..

[Akopito]

@iBIsaya - ah tuud, tag makita kog authentic gyud na Visayan tattoo ba! sayang lagi gi pan panas atong kinaadtong pagbatik...