Mentawai Tattoos Near Extinction: 'They Are Not Only an Identity, but a Reminder of Our Ancestors' (bahasa Indonesia)

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Simatalu Village, Siberut Island, is the last tattoo village in the Mentawai Islands.

Tattoos are still considered very important by a number of Indigenous Mentawai people, but the existence of this body art is almost extinct.

Southeast Asia Rainforest Journalism Fund grantee Febrianti reports on this endangered cultural practice for BBC News Indonesia.