ʻO Van Od, ka mea pena peʻa kahiko loa ma ka honua

Ma 104, ʻo Wang-Od ka mea pena kiʻi kuʻuna Filipino hope loa. Mai kona wahi kauhale liʻiliʻi i loko o ka puʻuwai o nā mauna a me ke ʻano ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka panalāʻau ʻo Kalinga, paʻa ʻo ia ma kona mau lima i ke ʻano o kona mau kūpuna, kahi e huki ai i nā malihini mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua i mākaukau e hoʻomaka i ka huakaʻi lōʻihi e kiʻi i kahi. peʻa. moʻolelo ola.

ʻO Van Od, ka mea mālama i ka peʻa Kalinga kahiko

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Maria Oggay, i kapa ʻia ʻo Van Od, ma Pepeluali 1917 ma ka ʻāina ʻo Kalinga ma ke kikowaena o Luzon Island, aia ma ka ʻākau o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Philippine. Kaikamahine Mambabatok - maopopo iā ʻoe ka "tattooist" ma ka ʻōlelo Tagalog - ʻo kona makuakāne i aʻo iā ia i ke ʻano o ka peʻa ʻana mai kona mau makahiki ʻōpio. ʻAʻole i pakele kāna talena mai nā kamaʻāina. Lilo koke ʻo ia i ka mea pena kiʻi helu ʻekahi a ke kamaʻilio mālie ʻia nei ma nā kauhale kokoke. ʻO Wang-Od, me kona kiʻi liʻiliʻi, nā maka ʻakaʻaka, ka ʻāʻī a me nā lima i uhi ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona indelible, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahine liʻiliʻi. Mambabatok a ʻo ka mea pena kiʻi kiʻi hope loa o ka ʻohana Boothbooth. I ka hala ʻana o kekahi mau makahiki, ua hoʻonui ʻia kona kaulana ma waho o Buscalan, kona kauhale home, kahi āna e noho nei a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka peʻa no 80 mau makahiki.

Kalinga tattoo: ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ke kiʻi

ʻO ka tattoo aesthetic a me ka hōʻailona Kalinga e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hopu i nā pae like ʻole o kou ola. Ma mua, no nā kāne, ʻo ka moʻomeheu i koi ʻia i kēlā me kēia koa i pepehi i ka ʻenemi i ke kaua ma ke ʻoki ʻana iā ia i ka peʻa ʻaeto ma kona umauma. No nā wāhine i hiki i ka wā ʻōpio, he mea maʻamau ka hoʻonani ʻana i ko lākou mau lima i mea e nani ai nā kāne. No laila, i ka makahiki 15, ua hana ʻo Van-Od, ma ke kauoha a kona makuakāne, i peʻa iā ia iho i nā kiʻi kiʻi ʻole like ʻole, e huki wale i ka manaʻo o nā kāne e hiki mai ana.

ʻenehana kahiko

ʻO wai ka mea e ʻōlelo nei ʻo ka peʻa kupuna i nā ʻano hana a me nā mea kahiko. Hoʻohana ʻo Whang-Od i nā kākalaioa o nā kumulāʻau hua - e like me ka ʻalani a i ʻole ka hua waina - ma ke ʻano he nila, he lāʻau lāʻau i hana ʻia mai ke kumu kofe e like me ka hāmare, nā lole lole, a me ka lanahu i hui pū ʻia me ka wai e hana ai i ka ʻīnika. Ua kapa ʻia kāna ʻano hana peʻa lima maʻamau kū'ē ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka nila i loko o ka ʻīnika lanahu a laila hoʻoikaika i kēia hui ʻana e komo hohonu i loko o ka ʻili ma ka hahau ʻana i ke kākalaioa me ka mallet lāʻau. I mea e pale aku ai i nā pīhoihoi maikaʻi ʻole, ua huki mua ʻia ke kumu i koho ʻia ma ke kino. He lōʻihi a ʻeha kēia ʻano hana mua: kahi mele hoʻomanawanui a ʻoluʻolu! Eia kekahi, he maʻamau ka hoʻonohonoho o nā kiʻi, akā palena loa. ʻIke maopopo mākou i nā kumu ʻohana a me nā holoholona, ​​a me nā ʻano maʻalahi a me nā ʻano geometric e like me nā unahi nahesa, e hōʻike ana i ka palekana, ke olakino a me ka ikaika, kahi pālākiō o ka ikaika a me ka paʻakikī, a i ʻole ka centipede e pale ʻia.

I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hele wāwae nā kaukani o ka poʻe pā ma mua o 15 mau hola ma ke alanui mai Manila, ma mua o ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka ululāʻau a me nā pā paddy e hui a kākau inoa i ka hoʻoilina wahine o kēia kiʻi kahiko. No ka loaʻa ʻole o kāna keiki, ua hopohopo nui ʻo Wang-Od i kekahi mau makahiki i hala e nalowale ana kāna hana kiʻi me ia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻoili ʻia ka ʻenehana batok mai ka makua i ke keiki. No ke kumu maikaʻi, ua haʻalele iki ka mea pena i nā lula ma ke aʻo ʻana i kāna ʻike i ʻelua o kāna mau kaikuahine. No laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hanu, paʻa ka hoʻomau!