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Tattoo Is a Cultural Sacred Design

I wrote a post on Is Tattoo Just A Body Art or A Cultural Sacred Design and this has been my most popular post since many people are interested in tattoos. There are 2 main reasons why people decide to make a tattoo, as for some people, they only see the tattoos as body art, the canvas on the human body, a very interesting concept for me. I do not have tattoos, but I see the beauty in tattoos and a tattoo of this type is more popular among women and is very popular in Japan from what I see.

Tattoo Bride Photo by Nahpan

Uploaded by Jose M. Ruiz Garrido, actress Angelina Jolie attends the premiere of “Ocean’s Thirteen”; at the Grauman’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California June 5, 2007. The tattoos on Jolie’s arm represent the coordinates of the birth places of her children.

This video of Thai spiritual tattoo, also known as Sak Yant by Ajahn Noo Kanpai is very interesting, I’ve seen the actual temple tattoo on a friend, which I think it’s fascinating because it’s not your ordinary tattoo;

the design has a religious feel to it.Ajarn Noo not 2 types of tattoos, and both pure culture of design. The first was at the beginning of the video, in which the tattoo design is not visible, but the main goal is to get wisdom, has good power when he uses a special ointment from varnt (special roots from plants), the process of Sak Yant is exactly the same as using black ink , in this case a very sacred design.Another is the design that are considered holy have magic protection; he puts Monh (magic) of prayers inside the design, which I believe was written in Pali, Sanskrit. Temple thai tattoo Sak Yant (photo on the right side,) which are geometric designs that are considered to have supernatural powers of protection is very popular among the soldiers of Asia, including Thailand, Laos, and the Khmers in the past and still very popular today.

There are other designs such as the lion (Singhto), which is a symbol of courage and cunning. Thai men would choose the tiger design, not only the tiger but tattoo their body looks like a tiger, many have designs that cover every square inch of their bodies. The reason for the tiger design is that the Thai people, especially the Lanna, believed that their ancestors had the tiger, so to show respect and to remember their ancestors, they will choose the tiger design. Other popular is Hanuman, which is the Hindu monkey god, which is to protect against illness, against being shot, against the cut, and to give courage.

In this part of the video where the men have a strange reaction, it is believed that the sacred designs tattooed (Sak) into their body, whether it's a tiger, dragon, or Hanuman will come out and they will act like an animal that they choose, and this is a sign that people really draw strength protection. Sak Yant is very interesting to me; to Thai, Laos, Khmers, and many others, tattooing is not just a body art, but also the sacred design.

A photo below, a young monk has a tattoo of prayers added to his back at Wat Bang Pra, Thailand; photo by Stephen Shave

 Ajarn Sua completes a sak yant protection tattoo with a ritual that involves symbolically cutting the devotee with a knife. The tattoo is believed to be able to stop a bullet.

A full back tattoo from the studio of Ajarn Sua outside Bangkok. The tattoo is believed to protect the devotee from harm.

 

Ajarn Sua completes a protection tattoo with a ritual.

 Ink supplies at the Wat Bang Pra Temple.

Hand tattoo, monks at the wat bang pra temple outside bangkok use a two foot long needle to ink devotees.

As I mentioned in my previous post, this tattoo is not like the modern tattoo that only a fashion statement, but rather a culture of trust and most, if not all have Monh (magic) of prayers in the design, of course, along with tattoo came a few rules we must follow to maintain a strong magic.