Filipino tribal tattoo and cross

Here a great shoulder tattoo sent in by RPB from LA. It’s done by the tatak ng apat na alon tribe. What I find interesting is the mixture of “Filipino” tribal and Christianity. Some may say that it shows the confusion of many Filipinos in regards to their culture. While trying to discover and represent our “roots”, we are still living in the colonial mindset. It’s an interesting paradox.

Traditional Kalinga Tattoo

Traditional Kalinga Tattoo, originally uploaded by Citizen Designer | Raneen Nosh.

Tribal sun Philippine baybayin backpiece

Translation is SA-PA-N-TA

From Eurotattoo

Neo-Filipino tribal

jalen looking at himself, originally uploaded by GeneDulay.

Contemporary Filipino tribal

Here’s a photo of a neo-tribal forearm piece on Geologic from the Seattle, Washington based Hip Hop group Blue Scholars. Ink by Aleks Figueroa.

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