Dutdutan Tattoo Festival 2013

MANILA, Philippines - After years of pushing boundaries and challenging

the norm, Dutdutan, a tattoo convention, is once again all armed to go

great guns.

The Dutdutan Tattoo Festival is the biggest tattoo exposition in Manila attracting

enthusiasts from Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Guam,

Germany and the United States.

A man gets tattooed by a female artist during the Dutdutan Tattoo

Festival on September 28, 2013 in Manila, Philippines.

Sometimes you needle little body art to get you through your day.

Raising the bar a few notches higher, event presenter Tribal Gear

Philippines is bringing in hardcore band Payable On Death a.k.a. POD to rock

both nights of the two-day event with the alternative rap metal sounds

 they’re known for. Also flying in to celebrate ink are Unauthorized Ink’s infamous

 Big Tiny, world-renowned tattoo artist Steve Soto of Goodfellas Tattoo

 and main man, Tribal founder Bobby Ruiz.

Dutdutan Trece will accommodate thousands of artists, collectors and ink

enthusiasts. One hundred forty booths will be set up in the three halls

 of WTC to be manned by the best local and international tattoo artists

 from all over the country and around the world. A gathering of the

 biggest guns in the skin art scene is geared up to cater to all

your tattooing fantasies. More vendors and traders than ever before

 will be offering a huge range of tattoo services, equipment and aftercare products.

Event highlights will include regular event features such as the annual

tattoo competitions, professional URCC fights, FHM bikini contest, Drum Duel

and Project Detonation. Not to be missed are performances from top

local music acts.

Dutdutan boasts of pioneering the biggest tattoo event in the country,

encompassing multiple aspects of the tattoo culture with a huge range of

 mind-blowing full lifestyle attractions and performances. Immerse in

creativity and mastery of a very exceptional art.