Rhian Ramos Gets New Tattoos from Legendary Tattoo Artist Whang Od

Actress Rhian Ramos shared on Instagram her photos while getting tattooed by Apo Whang Od, the oldest tattoo artist in Kalinga.

The 24-year-old actress captioned her Instagram posts, "Apo Whang Od started with the hawk and her granddaughter Grace finished with the scorpion. Thank you to my awesome travel buddy @salvalancer for recording every moment of this trip ?."

According to her, she chose the tattoo which she called "the scorpion and the hawk" because she considers it a symbol of her "open communication with God." 

Apo Whang-Od (pronounced as Fang-Od) is known to be the last 'Mambabatok' in Kalinga. The 95-year-old tattoo artist lives in the small village of Buscalan, Cordillera Mountains. She traditionally uses pomelo thorn smeared with her self-mixed-ink and attaches to the end of a small piece of bamboo, then another piece of wood use to tap the thorn into the skin until the skin absorbs the ink.