Last preserver of traditional indigenous facial tattoos passes away in Hualien
Ipay Wilang, the last surviving government-designated preserver of traditional indigenous facial tattoos, passed away on Saturday. She died at her home in Hualien County, said Kimi Sibal, a Hualien-based historian who cowrote a 2016 book on Taiwan’s then six remaining indigenous facial tattoo preservers. Ipay Wilang, a Sediq, had returned to Hualien earlier on Saturday after being discharged from a hospital in New Taipei City, said Lo Mei-ching (羅美菁), head of the New Taipei City Indigenous Peoples Department. She had been living with her eldest daughter in New Taipei City and was taken...