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Why did the spaniards call visayans as pintados?​

Sagot :

This was particularly well-known in the Visayas and among the highland tribes of northern Luzon. So widespread was the practice of tattooing in the Visayas that the Spaniards coined the Visayans “pintados” [painted] because their bodies were covered with tattoos. Batuk is the general term for tattoos in the Visayas.

Answer: Because their bodies were riddled with tattoos

Explanation: In the Visayas and among the highland tribes of northern Luzon, this was especially well-known. The practice of tattooing was so common in the Visayas that the Spaniards coined the "pintados" of the Visayans because their bodies were riddled with tattoos. The general word for tattoos in the Visayas is Batuk.