Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The magazine also praised the artist on Instagram for how her works symbolises the “strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit”.

There's an Indigenous form of tattooing based in the Philippines called batok, dating back to pre-colonial days. Natalia Roxas is a practitioner based in Hawaii. She calls it a spiritual ceremony.

Filipino American actor Dave Bautista breaks down the significance of his Filipino-inspired tattoos in a video uploaded on Wednesday. Bautista, who has a Greek mother and a Filipino father, told GQ he ...