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Nov 17, 2023

UH News Image of the Week: Batok (tattoo)

This week’s UH News Image of the Week is from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s

This week's UH News Image of the Week is from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Rzenseth Cabansag, an marketing undergraduate student in the Shidler College of Business. Cabansag is also a Honolulu Community College alum.

Cabansag shared: "I had the honor of attending a Batok (tattoo) ceremony of my Kumu by Lane Wilcken at Honolulu CC. Batok is a cultural tattoo practice for over thousands of years in the Philippines."

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