BRIEF HISTORY - NOT A REVIVAL
There is a strong interest of Filipino descent people getting tattoos from a Philippine design in the Filipino community. It has been taking part of our lives as a new moral, a new code, a new love, a new respect and a new vision.
Conservatives from the Philippines (and in general) still view tattoos as a symbol reserved for those in jail, a dirty expression, and a dying art form with the tribal peoples of the mountain provinces. This is far from the truth. Check in with us and see why without being sold snake oil.
Once revered as a symbol for headhunters and their relations, tribal folks all but abandoned this expression prior 1998 (as well as headhunting, hopefully) however, tattooing has come a long way in the last 20-odd years. It has become popular, mainstream and even trendy for new generations. We’ve seen it all. Shoots, we started some of it, too. Although some documentation has improved, many symbols and their meanings are nominal at best.
Today, many Filipino descendants are tattooed. The continuation and adaptation has the Filipino Diasporic community yearns for Filipino identity despite only 10-15% of the Philippines having indigenous roots. Keen interests in styles vary from tribal to Americana, Japanese, Polynesian or a hybrid/halo-halo (mix-mix) of the aforementioned styles into what we know as contemporary, modern, new school- neo-tribal, neo-Filipino etc.