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Traditional Tattoo Festival comes to Kohala

Oct. 19, 2019

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Kalinga tattoo master Whang-Od Oggay at work in the Philippines. She appears in two documentaries at the festival: “The Pintados Project” and her own “Skindigenous”episode. The Traditional Tattoo Festival, a new four-day Hawaii island event, launches Friday in Kohala.
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Paiwan nobleman Kuljelie Kalivuan, Paiwan tattoo artist Cudjuy Patjidres and future Paiwan chief Cangal of the Gulou tribe in Taiwan. All bear tattoos by Patjidres, who will be a presenter at the festival and also will be featured in the documentary “Images from My Dreams: The Story of Cudjuy Patjidres.”
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Barikuda Martin and Shawn “Crushy” Canete of the Mark of the Four Waves tribe in the Philippines, which is known for reviving the tattoo tradition. Their tattoos are by Elle Festin, who appears in the documentaries “Tatau” and “The Pintados Project.”
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Assortment of tattooing tools of Keone Nunes from Hawaii, who will be a presenter at the festival and also appears in a “Skindigenous” documentary episode.
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Example of Keone Nunes’ work. He will be a presenter at the festival and also appears in a “Skindigenous” documentary episode.
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Example of Keone Nunes’ work. He will be a presenter at the festival and also appears in a “Skindigenous” documentary episode.
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Tattoo master Whang-Od Oggay of the Kalinga tribe, northern Philippines. She appears in two documentaries at the festival: “The Pintados Project” and her own “Skindigenous”episode.
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HTA/Heather Goodman

Example of Keone Nunes’ work. He will be a presenter at the festival and also appears in a “Skindigenous” documentary episode.
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Wes Wilson/Snukwa7 Photography

Skin stitch and hand poke tattoos by Nova Scotia artist Dion Kaszas. This technique involves threading pigment-soaked sinew or thread to a needle and drawing both objects completely through the skin, leaving a small dot at the entrance and exit wounds. The stitching process is repeated numerous times to create the desired motif.
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John Agcaoili

Siaosi Meleisia bears a traditional Samoan tattoo created by Su‘a Sulu‘ape Peter Jr., who appears in a “Skindigenous” documentary episode.
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Cangal, a future Paiwan chief of the Gulou tribe, bearing tattoos by Cudjuy Patjidres of Taiwan. Patjidres will be a presenter at the festival and also will be featured in the documentary “Images from My Dreams: The Story of Cudjuy Patjidres.”
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Tattoo artist Cudjuy Patjidres of the Paiwan Tribe, Taiwan. He will be a presenter at the festival and also is featured in the documentary “Images from My Dreams: The Story of Cudjuy Patjidres.”
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