If tattooing is a mandatory ritual of the yakuza (Japanese mafia); for women of Papua New Guinea (a country near Australia), tattooed when reaching puberty as a milestone to hockey jersey mark adulthood or 19th-century European aristocrats tattooed to affirm their social status.. then in Thailand there is sak yant.
Magic in Thailand: Tattooing 'charms'
If tattooing is a mandatory ritual of the yakuza (Japanese mafia); for women of Papua New Guinea (a country near Australia), tattooed when reaching puberty as a milestone to mark adulthood or 19th-century European aristocrats tattooed to affirm their social status.. then in Thailand there is sak yant.
Sak yant is a form of "magic" tattoo that is quite sacred to the Thai people (sak means stabbing, yant is sacred symbols and characters that can arouse supernatural power). This form of tattoo is not only for beauty but it is also a kind of amulet.
Actually tattooing
as a form of self-protection is not strange. In Linh Nam Chic Quai, it is said that in the past, Bach Viet (ancient Vietnamese) people who went to the sea were often harmed by the sea, so they hoodie dress tattooed the water monster on their body so that they could look like themselves and ignore it. However, Thai people not only tattoo but also chant and bless the tattoo.