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"Las Islas de los Pintados" meaning "The Island of the Painted ones" is what the Spaniards called the Filipinos when they first arrived in the Island of Cebu Philippines.  In these picture of 2 heavily tattooed Visayan warriors, in a depiction of the first meeting between Filipino Islanders and Spaniard Conquistadors. Visayan Tattoo, Canadian Tattoos, Traditional Filipino Tattoo, Philippines Tattoo, Canadian Tattoo, Heavily Tattooed, Philippine Mythology, Filipino Tattoos, Native Tattoos

"Las Islas de los Pintados" meaning "The Island of the Painted ones" is what the Spaniards called the Filipinos when they first arrived in the Island of Cebu Philippines. In these picture of 2 heavily tattooed Visayan warriors, in a depiction of the first meeting between Filipino Islanders and Spaniard Conquistadors.

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While it is well-known that our ancestors often traded with the Chinese who came to our shores hundreds of years ago, lesser-known is the fact that it was actually the pre-colonial Filipinos who reached China’s shores first—not the other way around.

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