"Preserving Heritage: Where Tradition Meets Skin" - Ate Wamz (Mambabatok)
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September 12-13, 2025
Tattoo Artist: Ate Wamz
Style: Hand Tapping, Traditional Tattoo
Brace yourself — DUTDUTAN 25 is coming in hot!
The Philippines’ biggest and baddest tattoo and music festival is back!
Two wild days of live tattoo sessions, no-holds-barred competitions, and explosive performances.
This ain’t just a weekend —
It’s INK. MAYHEM. CULTURE.
DUTDUTAN NA!!!
DUTDUTAN 25 TATTOO CONVENTION
World Trade Center, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
September 5-7, 2025
Venue: Dayak Bidayuh National Association Hall (DBNA) Sarawak, Borneo
The Kuching International Tattoo Expo is an annual event in Kuching. It features tattoo artists from various studios, piercing booths, cultural performances, and stalls selling goods and services. The expo provides a platform for both artists and enthusiasts to connect, appreciate the craft of tattooing, and participate in competitions.
Invitation fr. Oslo Tattoo Show
Wilma Gaspili, also known as Ate Wamz, is an indigenous tattoo artist and advocate dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of the Cordillera region globally. Her work focuses on raising awareness and protecting the traditional art of Batek tattooing, specifically through her meticulous reproduction of ancestral designs using traditional methods and pigments. As a member of the Kankana-ey and Kalanguya tribes of Benguet, her personal connection to this vanishing cultural practice fuels her commitment to its preservation and wider appreciation, a commitment she shares around the globe.
Book with her @atewamz
Or meet her in person at @oslotattooshow
15-16-17 AUGUST
Oslo Event Hub. Dronningensgate 4.
OSLO GET READY!
Philippine Embassy in Germany
𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗼
Ate Wamz, a traditional tattoo artist and cultural advocate, is devoted to reviving ‘𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒌’— one of the few remaining indigenous tattoo art forms of the Cordillera region in the Philippines.
Monday, 28 July 2025, 5pm
Join us for an afternoon conversation with her about the art of traditional Philippine tattoo.Philippine Embassy, Luisenstr 16, 10117 Berlin
Please register online via https://shorturl.at/IWMPi
A vibrant Pinoy Basket, the first Filipino store in Hungary,
Mambabatok Visits the Embassy with Ambassador Enrico T.
JUNE 20, 2025
We had a wonderful time visiting the Philippine Embassy in Norway! Thank you so much for your kind hospitality and for making us feel so welcome.
Ms. Wilma Gaspili and her husband, (far left) Mario Leica, at the Embassy.
Also known as Ate Wamz, Ms. Gaspili is a mambabatok and a tattoo advocate from the indigenous tribe in the Cordillera province. #PHinNorway
At the Sami House in Oslo, June 22, 2025
At the Sami House in Oslo, June 22, 2025
At the Sami House in Oslo, June 22, 2025
Attending event in the Sami House in Oslo yesterday. Vivian Connie Aira talk about the Sami people's struggles moved me. As a traditional tattoo artist from the Cordillera region of the Philippines, I felt a deep connection our stories are so similar. It felt like a family reunion, a powerful reminder that we indigenous peoples share the same fights and the same hopes.
At the Sami House in Oslo, June 22, 2025
At the Sami House in Oslo, June 22, 2025
This wasn't just a meeting but it was a powerful experience, strengthening our bond and inspiring us to keep fighting for our cultures and our future. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have been there, thank you for letting us be a part of it.
See you Malaysia
Invitation from KULA GLOBAL GATHERING Mumbai, India
Tribe together, vibe together. Diverse communities thrive together.
2025 will mark the third gathering of Kula at @nescoevents where the most diverse communities of practice will come together to showcase, exchange knowledge and skills and engage in dialogue. Kula is thankful to all the members of the tribe for supporting this project where our vibes blend, weave and connect.
With this edition, we reflect on the ties that bind our communities together, understand the changing nature of our practices, recognise our distinctiveness and collectively explore ways to nourish and revitalise the fabric of our community.
Kula – A Global Gathering
13-16 February 2025
Nesco Center, Mumbai
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFCogF7vD8V/?img_index=4&igsh=MWgwYjJkZnRvenNxYw%3D%3D
Philippine Consulate General in New York
January 08, 2025
Visit to the Philippine Consulate in NYC & meeting Deputy Consul General Adrian Elmer S. Cruz & his wife Citadel Cruz underscored the critical importance of cultural exchange. Sharing my experiences as an indigenous traditional tattoo artist on a cultural exchange, and my research on my people at the 1904 World's Fair, reinforced the power of cross-cultural dialogue. Their support strengthens my commitment to bridging cultures through art and historical understanding. Maraming salamat po!
For more info: bit.ly/3C3tcSK
Philippine Embassy in Washington DC, USA
Kapatik World Tattoo Expo 2025
We're honored to showcase a Traditional Mambabatok artist, also known as Traditional Hand Tapping Tattoo, at the Kapatik World Tattoo Expo 2025!
From the stunning landscapes of Benguet & Tinoc Ifugao in the Cordillera region, 𝐀𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐦𝐳 is a respected Kalanguya/Kankanaey artist, blending the rich traditions of her culture into each intricate tattoo.
This marks her second appearance at Kapatik, where she brings the Cordillera Tattoo heritage to Cebu. We invite you to experience the timeless artistry of hand tapping tattoos
Please message artist directly for availability.
Booths are selling fast! Register now: www.kapatiktattoo.com/registration
Are you a tattoo collector? Be a model for our exhibitors, click here to sign up:
https://forms.gle/Ge9sStkJFDyvrrYbA
Ate Wamz is at Philippine Embassy in Washington DC, USA.
Great visit to the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.! Thanks to Cultural Attaché VC Mark for the welcoming meeting. Thank you for the insightful conversation!
December 20, 2024
Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco
December 13, 2024
Consul General Neil Ferrer welcomed Wilma “Ate Wamz” Gaspili, Igorot mambabatok (handtap tattoo artist) and cultural advocate, to the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 13 December 2024.
During the call at the Sentro Rizal, the Consulate’s cultural hub, “Ate Wamz” shared her activities in the United States, including a visit to the site of the 1904 Saint Louis World’s Fair and a ritual for indigenous materials stored at Chicago’s Field Museum.
She expressed her interest in helping recover and preserve lost Filipino cultural artifacts and traditions in the United States.
Also joining the call were Vice Consul Adrian Baccay, and Director Soleil Tropicales of the Philippine Department of Tourism Office in San Francisco. (San Francisco PCG photos).
For more info: bit.ly/4jdBXdV
Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu
December 02, 2024
PHILIPPINE CONSULATE WELCOMES MAMBABATEK AND CULTURAL ADVOCATES
02 December 2024, Honolulu – Vice Consul Leizel Caasi welcomed Ms. Wilma Gaspili, a renowned mambatek (traditional hand-tap tattoo practitioner) at the Consulate today. Joining the call were Cultural Officer Mia Gaspar, Ms. Jennifer Taylor, Ms. Angie King, and Ms. Leah Stephenson.
Fondly called “Ate Wamz,” Ms. Gaspili shared her activities across the U.S. since October, which started with a lecture - demonstration of the batek tradition at University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Batek utilizes organic materials including, bamboo sticks, lemon tree thorn, water from Mount Pulag, and ink made from the soot of pine sourced from different areas in the Philippines and some select sites overseas.
During the courtesy call, discussions on the Filipino-American experience and their own appreciation for indigenous cultural heritage in the Philippines were also touched upon. Ate Wamz also shared that her visit also allowed her to conduct a ritual for some indigenous materials stored at the Field Museum archives in Chicago and visit the site of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.
For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/PHinHonolulu
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