Cacti + Pricks = Indigenous Tattoo
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140131)
Philippines
October 25, 2021 11:07am CST
In the cordillera areas in my country, some of the local tribes still do tattooing. It is not in a modern way because they use the indigenous way by using cacti pricks. Imagine yourself being tattooed in the village like this. They use charcoal for inking the skin. 
As you can see in this photo, Fang-od is the oldest 'mambabatok" or a person who does tattoos on people's bodies. She is using a bamboo stick with a thorn.
Would you like to try it?
Image Credit: victyle.files.wordpress.com
As you can see in this photo, Fang-od is the oldest 'mambabatok" or a person who does tattoos on people's bodies. She is using a bamboo stick with a thorn.
Would you like to try it?
Image Credit: victyle.files.wordpress.com7 people like this
7 responses
@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
25 Oct 21
I will pass on this procedure thanks
1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137720)
• United States
27 Oct 21
No, thank you. I don't like pain. I had enough fun getting pierced. I'm not about to get tattooed.
Are you thinking about getting tattooed like that?
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@DaddyEvil (137720)
• United States
28 Oct 21
@Shavkat Would you like to have your nips pierced? 
That didn't hurt very much but I held a frozen can of juice on my nips before they were pierced to lessen the pain. It worked. 
That didn't hurt very much but I held a frozen can of juice on my nips before they were pierced to lessen the pain. It worked. 1 person likes this
@rebelann (112999)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Aug 22
Oh no, I wouldn't want a tatoo, no matter how it's done. This way seems to be much more painful than what I've been told was done to those people I know who have tatoos.
