Rooted in religious sanction, the “Sak Yant” form of traditional tattoo has been a pivotal part of Thai culture for ...

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Batok is a general term for indigenous tattoos of the Philippines, meaning "to hit" or "to tap", and master tattoo artists and cultural practitioners of the art are known as "mambabatok".

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The Khmer Script tattoo is located on Angelina Jolie's left shoulder blade. She got this inking in 2003 for her son, Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia. This Buddhist prayer, written in Khmer ...

Angelina Jolie's Buddhist Pali Incantation Tattoo The actor is no stranger to having Thai sayings or artwork put on her body, but this Buddhist Pali incantation might be one of the most intricate.

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A Buddhist monk uses a traditional needle to tattoo the body of a man during the annual Magic Tattoo Festival at Wat Bang Phra (Reuters: Athit Perawongmetha) Many attend the ritual in the hope ...

A Buddhist devotee with a traditional “Sak Yant” tattoo offers prayers during an annual sacred tattoo festival at the Wat Bang Phra temple in Nakhon Pathom province on March 4, 2023.

Many attend the ritual in the hope that it will help recharge the holiness of their tattoos and boost their luck. Participants were asked to offer the monks 100 baht (S$3.72), flowers, incense and ...