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Yantra tattooing or Sak Yant is a form of tattooing using Indian yantra designs. It consists of sacred geometrical, animal and deity designs accompanied by Pali phrases that are said to offer power, protection, fortune, charisma and other benefits for the bearer.
Sacred Tattoos of Thailand. Wat Bang Phra Facebook page. Information, pictures and videos about daily Sak Yant, Tattoo festival and more about Wat Bang Phra; A video about Wai Khru (honor the teacher) day at Wat Bang Phra, March 19,2011; Website dedicated to the Sak Yant tattooings; The Thai Tattoo Festival; Traveling For Tattoo Ink
Khatha are used in Buddhist chanting, by Thai Ruesi practitioner for their magical spells, inscribed on Thai Buddha amulets and yantra cloths, as well as being the main body of content in Sak Yant tattooing; The sacred yantra tattoo designs are both filled with Pali Khatha, as well as being used to embellish the spaces between each of the designs too.
The figure of Suvannamaccha is popular in Thai folklore and is represented on small cloth streamers or framed pictures that are hung as luck-bringing charms in shops and houses throughout Thailand. Suvannamaccha luck bringing charm in a riverside shop in Nonthaburi , Thailand
Thai Magic Tattoos, The Art and Influence of Sak Yant. Riverbooks, 2013. Siraporn Nathalang (ed), Thai Folklore: Insights Into Thai Culture, Chulalongkorn University Press, 2000, ISBN 978-974-346-046-3.
Also perhaps it was to be meant as a sak yant tattoo in the show Lost only. --Kvasir 00:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC) Agreed. Also: with the current size/quality of the article, I think we should avoid these pop culture references regardless and focus on the history, design, and meaning of sak yant.
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Southeast Asia has a tradition of protective tattoos variously known as sak yant or yantra tattoos that include Buddhist images, prayers, and symbols. Images of the Buddha or other religious figures have caused controversy in some Buddhist countries when incorporated into tattoos by Westerners who do not follow traditional customs regarding ...