The traditional tattoos of the Philippine Cordillera Region: A study on their differences in appearance, causes and discursive strengths

• Main Authors: Calimag, Janette P., Zafra, Reynele Bren G., Ambion, Lady Aileen G., Demeterio, Feorillo Petronilo A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Tattooing > Philippines > Cordillera Region; Cordillera Region (Philippines) > Social life and customs; Ethnic groups > Philippines > Cordillera Region > Social life and customs; Ethnic Studies; Indigenous Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2133
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper attempts to investigate the historical culture and practice of traditional tattooing in the Philippine Cordillera region by synoptically looking at them in the context of the eight major ethnolinguistic groups in this said region, namely: 1) the Ibaloy, 2) Kankana-ey, 3) Tfugao, 4) Bontok...