An Ethnography of Pantaron Manobo Tattooing (Pangotoeb) : Towards a Heuristic Schema in Understanding Manobo Indigenous Tattoos

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  • Ragragio Andrea Malaya M.
    Department of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Philippines-Mindanao
  • Paluga Myfel D.
    Department of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Philippines-Mindanao

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  • An Ethnography of Pantaron Manobo Tattooing (<i>Pangotoeb</i>): Towards a Heuristic Schema in Understanding Manobo Indigenous Tattoos

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<p>Pangotoeb refers to the traditional tattooing among the Pantaron Manobo of Mindanao, a practice that has not been given a systematic description and analysis before in Philippine or Mindanao studies. After giving a review of early historical and recent reports on this practice, this article provides an ethnographic description of Pantaron Manobo tattooing on the following aspects: (a) the tattoo practitioner (and her socio-symbolic contexts); (b) tools and techniques; (c) variations in body placements; (d) basic designs; and (e) the given reasons why present-day Manobo tattoo themselves. In terms of Philippine tattooing technique, this study highlights the importance of distinguishing three modal hand movements: hand-tapping, hand-poking, and incising techniques; this last is unique to Mindanao relative to the rest of the Philippines and perhaps Southeast Asia. This paper also opens a comparative and exploratory cognitive approach in studying Manobo tattooing practice. Calling for a methodological declustering of the study of tattooing from its frequent association with male/warrior identity, this article concludes by selecting a limited set of figures that appears to be an enduring schema underlying Manobo tattooing practice: (a) the central role of the female gender; (b) the unique importance of the navel/abdomen as a tattooing region of the (female) body; and (c) the importance of the “ridge-pole” (and the “house” in general) in naming tattoo figures and attributing significances. These appear to be more resonant with many other aspects of Manobo culture to warrant giving this schema a heuristic value for future studies.</p>

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  • Southeast Asian Studies

    Southeast Asian Studies 8 (2), 259-294, 2019-08-22

    京都大学　東南アジア地域研究研究所

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