MANUFACTURE OF MENTAWAI TATTOO

A Sipatiti (Menu Mentawai tattoo art), Alexander Kora Sakoddobat (left), demonstrates the creation of traditional tattoo Mentawai in Padang, West Sumatra, Monday (20/12/2021). The world’s oldest tattoo that uses a needle from wood and dyes from the charcoal is now back into the trend of young children in Mentawai as an effort to preserve the original culture of Sikerei. ANTARA PHOTO/Iggoy el Fitra/tom.