by Martina Joyce M. Torres | Sep 22, 2022 | Good Travel
The United Kingdom’s leading independent travel magazine, Wanderlust, has put the Philippines’ indigenous culture in the limelight with a list article of places where the local heritage is preserved. “The Philippines: Where to experience indigenous culture...
by Margo Hannah De Guzman Quadra | Apr 21, 2021 | Good Show
Legendary Filipina tattoo artist Maria “Whang-Od” Oggay has been featured in the latest video by viral Facebook vlogger Nas Daily. Apo Whang-Od, the last surviving “mambabatok,” or traditional Kalinga tattooist, was hailed as one of the...
by Nicole Del Rosario | Jul 10, 2019 | Good Pinoys
Filipino social enterprise Handcrafters of Mary Enterprise (HOME) Plush Toys has created a Lumad Collection of their handcrafted dolls. The Lumad (Visayan word for native or Indigenous) tribes such as the Aetas, Bontocs, Ibaloi, Kalinga, Manobo, and Talaandig were the...
by The Good News Pilipinas Team | Apr 4, 2019 | Good Balita
Popular celebrity endorser and social media influencer Maine Mendoza and the Eat Bulaga Lenten Specials shoot team went on social media to pay tribute to Apo Whang Od, the 102-year-old tattoo legend from Kalinga. Mendoza, recently awarded as Barbie’s Most Inspiring...