𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝟐: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐤? 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞? October is National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 of 2009. To celebrate our indigenous people's rich cultural heritage the Embassy presents this short video on “Batek: Interviews with Ate Wamz.” Ms. Wilma Gaspili, fondly known as “Ate Wamz”, is a traditional tattoo artist and cultural advocate from the Benguet Kankana-ey and Ifugao Kalanguya tribes. She has devot