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TRADITIONAL IGOROT TATTOOING



High up in the terraced rice fields of the Philippine Cordillera mountains,
traditional tattooing (batek, Kalinga) among the former headhunters of
northwestern Luzon is nearly extinct.

Today, you can only see traces of the indelible art in all of its splendor among
the Kalinga and maybe one or two other groups living in the area. But back in
1900, just before American authorities outlawed headhunting, tattoo was to be
seen everywhere, especially among the Bontoc Igorot, Kalinga, and Ifugao
peoples.

Bontoc is derived from two local words.


> "bun" (heap) + "tuk" (top) =  "mountains"

As they have for centuries, most Igorots live in Bontoc municipality near the
upper Chico River basin and in the capitol city of the municipality, Bontoc. The
region is bounded to the north by the Kalinga-Apayao province and to the south
by the Ifugao and Benguet provinces. Although there is a common language,
several villages in the Bontoc region have their own distinct dialect.

Generally speaking, the Bontoc Igorots recognized several kinds of tattoos and
very often the amount of designs worn by a man was directly related to the
proportion of human heads he had taken in the headhunt. The chaklag, usually
running upward from each nipple, curving out on the shoulders and ending on the
upper arms, indicated that the man had taken a head or, as one writer put it in
1905,


> "The indelible tattoo emblem proclaims them takers of human heads, nine-tenths
> of the men in the pueblos of Bontoc and Samoki wear them."

Among the neighboring Kalinga to the north, successful warriors (maingor) had
tattoos placed at the back of their hands and wrists after their first kill.
These striped designs were called "gulot", meaning "cutter of the head."

Kalinga men who killed two or more men had elaborate patterns applied to their
arms and chests called bikking, comprised of khaman (head-axes), ufug (centipede
or snake scales) and bodies of the centipede (gayaman), which were protective
and spiritually charged symbols.

The khaman design also covered portions of the torso, back, and thighs and
centipede scales crossed the cheeks of the most successful warriors. Sometimes,
a human anthropomorph was tattooed just above the navel and small crosses
adorned the face, indicating a warrior of the highest rank. Other more simple
markings had therapeutic value and were placed on goiters, tumors and varicose
veins.

Among the Kalinga particular arrangements of centipede scales were believed to
ward off cholera.

Tattoos are indeed an ancient art that weaves to the very fabric of life in
every culture.

sources: nightskylie , Caloy Galang

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DENNIS KELIAG: MISTER REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 2015




Dennis Keliag garnered 3rd runner up for the RUNWAY MODEL OF THE WORLD and
social media award (Mr Popularity) during the Mister Republic of the Philippines
2015 pageant.




> Back to work.
> Good morning.
> Thanks fellow Cordillerans, family and friends.
> All I can say is thank you and God bless. You guys are amazing.
> To God be the glory.
> # God is good. - Dennis Keliag



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VOTE FOR DENNIS KELIAG FOR MR. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES POPULARITY 2015




ADVISORY:


> Please "LIKE" the fan page first before hitting the like button on the photo
> of your candidate. Failure to do so will invalidate your vote.


How to VOTE for Dennis Keliag for Mr. Republic of the Philippines POPULARITY
2015



Step 1:
Liking the Mr. Republic of the Philippines (The Model Search) fan page.

Step 2:
Liking the photo of the candidate of your choice in the official voting album.
Below.


Post by Mr. Republic of the Philippines.

Coronation night will be on March 6, 2015. Voting ends on March 6, 2015 at
exactly 12 noon.

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DENNIS KELIAG FOR MR. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 2015



Dennis Keliag of Buguias Benguet

Our very own Dennis Keliag, 22 years old who hails from Buguias, Benguet and
Baguio City. He is candidate number 8, representing the Cordillera Region for
the first ever search for Mr. Republic of the Philippines.



Mr. Republic of the Philippines 2015 is the quest for the country’s finest
gentlemen in the field of modeling. It seeks to promote the positive image of
the Filipino youth as role models of healthy lifestyle, social relevance and
upliftment, and passion for the arts and culture of the Philippines.

At the end of the search, three (3) gentlemen, who best represent the beauty of
Filipino men, shall be hailed as Grand Winners and will be given a once – in a –
lifetime opportunity to be the country’s flag bearer as they compete
internationally. There will also be two (2) Runners- Up for each title and shall
take home exciting worth of prizes:

Mr. Worldwide International 2015 (Orlando, Florida, USA) September 2015
Grand Winner – Php 500,000.00 worth of prizes
1st Runner Up – Php 100,000.00 worth of prizes
2nd Runner Up – Php 50,000.00 worth of prizes

Mr. Model of the World International 2015 (WCOPA)(Long Beach, USA) July 2015
Grand Winner – Php 500,000.00 worth of prizes
1st Runner Up – Php 100,000.00 worth of prizes
2nd Runner Up – Php 50,000.00 worth of prizes

Mr. Runway Model of the World International 2015 /Philippines , October 2015
Grand Winner – Php 500,000.00 worth of prizes
1st Runner Up – Php 100,000.00 worth of prizes
2nd Runner Up – Php 50,000.00 worth of prizes

The twenty-five (25) Official Candidates were presented at the Press Conference
and at the same time scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges in the Pre –
Pageant Ceremony that took place at The Ace Hotel and Suites, Pasig City last
February 18, 2015.

And on March 06, 2014 is the crowning of the three Mr. Republic of the
Philippines 2015 the Model Search winners, in a grand competition and fashion
event at the historic Maynila Restaurant, The Manila Hotel. Twenty five (25)
gentlemen from across the country will vie for the three titles and share their
advocacies for Philippine culture and the arts, in a show that will also feature
musical presentations from Manila’s finest entertainers.

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[VIDEO] IGOROT NATIVE LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES



A traditional Philippine folk song from central Luzon about a funeral wake,
turned into joyful electronica by Lionel Valdellon (Acid42).
Video footage taken from "Native Life in the Philippines, reel 1" by the Bontoc
Igorot Project on Archive.org.

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IGOROT FILIPINO LOOKS BACK ON FIVE DECADES IN THE U.S.


Not all Filipinos in the United States speak Tagalog or come from Manila. Sixth
Street resident Paul Laus, 72, left his mountain home in the lush jungles north
of Manila in 1931 to make his way to America.

Born into a remote mountain tribe called the Igorats (sic), Laus considers
himself an outsider among the mostly Tagalog-speaking Filipinos living in San
Francisco.


Paul Laus arrived in the U.S. at age 17, and was 72 when this photo was taken in
1986. He was living on Sixth Street at the time.

He says foreign missionaries and his fellow countrymen viewed his tribe as
"ignorant people, illiterate, as compared to the 'civilized Filipinos.' They
thought my tribe were non-Christian, wild people, who worship snakes and the
sun."

Laus first began to dream of America during the Depression when he was
tantalized by tales from fellow classmates returning from study in the United
States. When he was told that he would have to wait two years to complete his
education while a high school could be built, he resolved to come to America.

To leave home Laus had to bluff his way past the local mayor, governor, and even
the "Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes" in Manila, telling them he had everything
set up in America, with friends waiting for him.

"I had to tell lies more or less," says Laus. "I was a crazy boy-stubborn,
ignorant, disgusted with the Philippines. "

After several months working in Manila, Laus saved enough for his passage to
America. Promised not only a job as a houseboy but a chance to go to school by
old schoolmates living in America, Laus thought he had it made when he arrived
in Toledo, Ohio during the summer of 1931.

But his timing was poor. "A few days before I arrived all of the banks in Ohio
closed down," he said. His hoped-for job and school were out.

Nonetheless his friends saw that he ate and had a place to stay and an American
businesswoman he had worked for in Manila sent him money.

He used the money to go to upstate New York, where he lived with a priest and
his family and worked as a houseboy. He finished high school in just two years
and went on to Trinity College in Connecticut on a scholarship.

Loneliness crept in from time to time. An Igorat (sic) boy he'd hoped to hook up
with in Connecticut died before Laus got there, because, Laus figures, he
couldn't handle the cold.

"If I hadn't lost that friend things would have been good in Connecticut,"
remembers Laus. "He was an older boy who could have helped me a lot. I wish he
would have been alive."

After graduating with a liberal arts degree, Laus struggled to find a job. "I
didn't know how to do anything with my hands—I'd been working my head off at
Latin!" he says with a chuckle.

When World War II broke out Laus overcame the reluctance of an airplane factory
foreman to hire a Filipino when he told him: "Filipinos and Americans are dying
together, fighting together. I would like to contribute and do something for the
cause."

He worked at the factory until 1944 when he enlisted in the army, joining a
special language section.

After a year studying Japanese, Laus was sent to Japan in 1945. The war over at
that point, he worked in a prison where he interrogated Japanese soldiers
returning home.

Laus has many memories of the people he met in prison—like the pain he felt when
he was assigned to visit with five Japanese airmen about to be hanged.

In the early 1950s, Laus taught for several years in the Philippines but
returned to America so as not to lose his newly acquired citizenship. He then
held various jobs—teaching at American Indian schools in North Dakota and New
Mexico, working with Cuban refugees in Miami, washing dishes in Los Angeles.

In the early '60s, Laus moved to San Francisco to work again with the American
Indians, helping them find housing and "get acquainted with city life." Funds
for that job dried up and he eventually went to work for the Redevelopment
Agency, which was then "renewing" the South of Market.

"My job was to tell people about the Redevelopment Agency's plans to get rid of
them. It was a hard job. Some old people had lived in the hotels for a long
time. That was there they wanted to be, where they wanted to die. I was
heartbroken to go into some of those rooms," he remembers.

That position ended when "the agency said our job is done so you're out of
work," says Laus. Laus' last job was working in a city psychiatric ward for
eight years until 1978 when "I was told I was too old to work."

Once "retired," Laus continued to work anyway, serving on the Board of the Gray
Panthers and as chair of Tenants Against Conversion, helping to organize
residential hotel tenants.

Perhaps it is Paul Laus' background as a minority in his own country that has
fueled his life's work in helping others, from working with American Indians to
organizing tenants to counseling condemned Japanese prisoners.

"That's how I've spent my life, says Laus, "listening to people's problems and
doing what I could."



Igorot Filipino Looks Back on Five Decades in the U.S. by Sara Colm is licensed
under CC-NC-SA 3.0

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HISTORY OF FILIPINO TATTOOS: TATTOOED MUMMIES, RITES OF PASSAGE


Filipino tattoos have a rich history, dating back to before the Philippine
Islands were colonized by Spaniards. When Spanish ships first arrived there,
they were greeted by the heavily tattooed Visayas tribe and they called the
islands "La Isla De Los Pintados" which meant the "Islands of the Painted Ones."

In the Philippines, tattoos were seen as a source of accomplishment and rank.
Men bore ink on their chests and heads as signs of their strength as warriors.
Women wore detailed lines on their arms and wrists (Visays and Mindanao tribes)
or full chest and arm tattoos (Luzon mountain tribes) and they were seen as
marks of beauty. Most tattoos were earned through the passage of rites
ceremonies, or for accomplishing tasks. The styles varied depending on the
region and tribe that the people came from.








In the early 1900s, before headhunting was outlawed by American authorities,
tattoos were commonly seen among the Bontoc Igorot and Kalinga tribes.
Tattoos worn by the Bontoc Igorots men symbolized the number of human heads he
took during a headhunt.





The Kalinga tribe would tattoo their warriors on their hands and wrists after
their first kill and the designs and placement would get more elaborate and more
broad the more heads they acquired





Tattooing instruments during this time were usually made from wood or animal
horn, carved about 10 cm long and 2 mm thick. Needles were then affixed to the
tool and the tattoo was applied by tapping with a wooden hammer. The pigment ink
came from tree resin and soot and was rubbed into the wound as the tattoo was
applied. Most tribes had an appointed tattooist for those worthy of receiving
the tattoos.





After World War II, around the late 1940s, teachers at missionary schools
discouraged the practice of tattooing, so nowadays, most people under the age of
sixty are not tattooed, while those older than sixty often are.

Today, tattoos are experiencing a beautiful revival amongst Filipinos and
continue to gain acceptance, with traditional Polynesian themes and striking
designs often adorning the collectors.





History of Filipino Tattoos: Tattooed Mummies, Rites of
Passage by jinxiboo under CC NC-SA 3.0

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