There are many stories behind a person’s tattoos, but a group here in Jacksonville is using it as a way to physically see their own family tree.
“This is actually a very common design motif when it comes to Batok across all the different tribes,” Bao said.
What outlived the Babaylan, a pre-colonial Filipino tribe, and Bao’s family roots, is the tradition of“And the filled in triangles represent my ancestors or the Babylon spirit that is always guiding me and protecting me,” Bao added. Grace and her partner C.J. Bautista are connected not only with their shared Filipino heritage, but through ink.
“Our personal mission is to connect the Filipino community to each other, but we also want to connect the Filipino community to their past,” Bautista explained. “It wasn’t taught to me or passed down to me at all so I took it upon myself to learn as much as I could about it,” added Bao.Francis San Diego is flying from California for this unique opportunity to share Filipino history and heritage, all for Asian American Pacific Islander month.“He will talk to you.
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