Tattoo mak mak – about tattoos in Thailand
Time and time again I am amazed at the amount of tattoo shops in Thailand especially in tourist areas. Given the number, you would expect that half of all Thai walk with plates on the body.
Most barmaids are loyal customers of the Asian version of 'Tattoo Bob'. Remarkably often they get the same tattoos. The strange thing about this is that they can be branded unnoticed. A tattoo? Ah, definitely a barmaid. Yes, a prejudice, but it is usually correct.
Tattoo Monk
There is a monk in Thailand named Luang Pi Nunn who tattoos at Wat Phra Bang temple. These tattoos called Sak Yant or Yantra Tattoos are magical and hence world famous. The sacred tattoo gives the wearer protection from evil. The images blessed by monks also give strength, good luck and other magical properties. Ever since Angelina Jolie had one nailed to her nice back, it's been a real must-have. Many barmaids also walk with it. These are not original copies and not placed in the temple, but at 'Hanky Panky' on the corner, somewhere in Pattaya. The magical powers will therefore be limited, I'm afraid.
Bar ladies are under the assumption that a tattoo is sexy. Good for the clientele perhaps? That would explain some of the magic.
I'm not into tattoos on women. Don't like it, but that is of course a matter of taste. And there is no arguing about that. Such antlers are of course nice when you are a tight girl of 22 years old. It is already a lot less with a mature lady.
abrasion
Whoever walks past the tattoo shops in Bangkok or Pattaya rarely sees anyone inside. I am therefore very curious about the division Thai – Farang. What percentage of the clientele is Thai and how much farang? You can then divide that farang into expats and tourists. The logic of a tourist to get a tattoo done while you holiday, I have never been able to understand. You are not allowed in the sun or in the sea with a freshly set abrasion (because that's what it is). Showering is actually also not useful with a freshly injected body decoration.
Would you like a tattoo, why not have it done in farangland? Somewhat more hygienic conditions. A new set of needles does not say everything. The rest of the equipment must also be sterilized. And then we are not even talking about 'prohibited' substances in the ink. There are no rules in Thailand, so they can use the ink of an old ballpoint pen if necessary. Hepatitis B is one such thing. Did you know that 7% of razor blades used by Turkish hairdressers are contaminated with Hepatitis B? That even such a convenient manicure/pedicure treatment on the Thai beach can already guarantee a possible infection with hepatitis B? A tattoo is an even greater risk.
In any case, there will be enough farang who think differently and want to carry this memory with them for the rest of their lives.
I would like to take a closer look at Angelina Jolie's tattoo. Do you want to bet that magical powers will also be released with me?
Could remember Long ago when I was a soldier walking through Bangkok with my colleagues, we all had tattoos (tattoos with a personal meaning and not like nowadays to act tough or want to fit in), it was not seen much in Thailand then, some Thai thought we were from some gang or mafia. The same in Pattaya, the Thai who did have a tattoo were the local fishermen or sailors, it belonged to a certain culture / background just at the time with us. Just look at the decals of men walking around in Pattaya, the true meaning of a tattoo killed because it has become a fashion phenomenon and therefore already has the status of anti-social.
Although I am not that old yet, as long as I can remember tattoos have always had a somewhat vulgar image
That's what I mean, you just have people who have to perform certain tasks somewhere in the world and who attach to certain symbols (tattoo) as an amulet, that nothing happened to you and returned home safely, made you stronger, or as a reminder of a certain period. I recognize people with such tattoos immediately and I do not find them ordinary, but I respect them.
Dear Robert, the ordinary is not in the tattoo, but in the person. Thailand visitors in Europe still have an image that borders on the ordinary, but is that why you are ordinary?
Well, I don't determine the general image. I'm just stating that the image of a tattoo has always been somewhat vulgar. That is different from saying that everyone with a tattoo is ordinary.
The fact is that, with the exception of the real fanatics, people often have the tattoo placed in a place that can easily be covered. You may wonder why. Maybe, rightly or not, I leave that in the middle, that it is related to a somewhat negative image?
Hey, everyone should just let themselves be stamped if they want to. If you really like it that much, make sure everyone sees it well, forehead, cheek, neck, Up to you.
I also know people with tattoos, and they deliberately put them in places that are easy to cover. I think that's hypocritical if I have a tattoo done, then everyone can know that, people who cover tattoos are in my eyes runners, who like to participate in fashion.
That bullshit doesn't make any sense. Often it is a kind of separation between work and private life. When you work in an office or as a sales representative, few employers will accept that you walk around with uncovered tattoos, while you do show them in your spare time.
I think the opinion that people with tattoos in places that are easy to cover is hypocritical and hangers-on are very short-sighted. I myself have a small tattoo with a personal meaning in a place that is easy to cover. Is that hypocritical? I personally think it's rather smart. There are only a few industries where employees with tattoos are accepted. As a student of a business course, the chance that I will later end up at a company that accepts tattoos is small. That's why I only want tattoos in places that I can cover.
Anouk, having a tattoo in a visible spot says nothing at all about the qualities of the wearer of the tattoo! But it does say more about the people who judge them.
@Anouk you write, As a student of a business course, the chances are small that I will later end up at a company that accepts tattoos,
The same company where you wouldn't have a chance, will also keep you out if you have a cleft lip, large scar in your face ect ect, judging by appearance, I think refusing someone with a visible tattoo is not allowed at all in the Netherlands.
@Peter, hypocrite? come on Peter…isn't it just a personal choice what you want to say with a tattoo? Not everyone has to enjoy it, such as with Anouk, for whom the tattoo has a personal meaning.
Some just want to have their whole body painted blue and another a modest small tattoo in an invisible place, nothing wrong with that.
Personally I think very differently, I think every tattoo is a disfigurement of a body; when I look at football players (talking about hangers-on) really horrible! But hey, that's my opinion ;)
Aars antlers, great, I didn't know that one yet. Maybe gone too long from the Netherlands. The equivalent of the English 'tramp stamp', also a nice one!
Look, what Angelina and Madonna and many other celebrities do is all a bit pathetic of course. Switching religions every year, and hopelessly looking for some spiritual experience that they miss in the fast rich empty world around them. Which then resonates with the public. Well, everyone should know for themselves. No polonaise, (temple) tattoo or - here it comes again - butt antlers on my body! He's still fun!
See, I think that's super lame! The toughness of having such a drawing done is of course its permanent character! If you can also have it all lasered away, it is no longer so exciting of course.
Anouk has tattoo 'Dox' removed from her arm
http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/9834449/__Anouk_laat_tattoo__Dox__van_haar_arm_halen__.html?p=26,2
What is "Palay" ??? I know Thai, but I don't hear that word, but "ham"...:-))
as explained in another post here on the forum by wallie.
I now quote Wallie's words:
“Ham = Willie and Palaai is eel, hampalaai is literally translated willie eel. A Thai(se) indicates that the Thai man has a different sweetheart in every city. Butterfly is also used but is a bit more innocent!”
Palaai is written phonetically according to the dictionaries actually Plaa Laj (ปลาไหล). If you hear a Thai pronounce that word, we don't hear (L) but they do say it.
Hello Wally. I have a Thai-NL-Thai dictionary in front of me here and it really says phonetically PLaa Laj. When I ask my wife, she also says that there should be an L, but you hardly hear it (or not) when they pronounce it. Can't make anything else out of it. May be region dependent.
Wallie try to pronounce soewai long and short (especially quickly) to her. One time she will smile the other time you will get a thump for your resins.
That so-called monk you are talking about is not a real monk, although many believe that he is, especially the farangs, it is just a Thai dressed in a white robe, but he is certainly not a monk…:-))
Nico
@ Nico, how did you get that information? Hearsay or do you have a source? Can I read it somewhere?
Angelina Jolie's tattoo was not made by the monk at Wat Bang Phra but by tattoo artist Sompong in Bangkok and she is not a monk.
The guy in Wat Bang Phra is a real monk but he is not allowed to put visible tattoos on women because of Buddhism and if that was the case you wouldn't be able to get Angelina Jolie's tattoo because of the invisible ink...
Source: http://www.freetattoodesigns.org/angelina-jolie-tattoos.html
Nico, I don't know where you get your information, but Angelina J. was tattooed by Mr. Ajarn Noo Kamphai. Btw Mr Ajarn has been completely blown away in terms of prices since he tattooed Mrs Jolie, below the nung seng (100.000) he won't start anything! And yet there are still long waiting times to be done by him!!
How can a monk tattoo a woman. ! if a monk is not allowed to have physical contact with a woman. a woman may not even sit next to a monk.
My Thai brother-in-law and sister-in-law are covered in tattoos that have been hand-stitched, or whatever you want to call it.
This man works in Bangkok does have relationships with the temple, but just does this at home.
He is very picky with his customers, does not make tattoos from designs he has drawn himself.
Tatos he puts all have to do with Buddha.
My brother-in-law is completely full from his chin to his ankles, sister-in-law has taken it a little easier, a large back tattoo.
I have tattoos myself and they have been on them for more than 40 years, I have been a sailor all my life.
Those hand-stitched tattoos are of exceptional quality.
If anyone is interested in the man, I have his phone number and also some pictures of his work.
Hi Henk, I'm going to Thailand to get a tattoo and I'm looking for the right person to do this. I came across your comment and am very curious about your story and photos.
I hope to hear from you
Regards, Rody
Hi Rody
did you already succeed with your thai tattoo ??
I still know a good tattoo artist in Ayutthaya, where I have had several tattoos done.
this man has been to lessons in the Netherlands and Belgium!
very clean and professional (europe style)
Greetings
Bart
Can you also give the translation for the non-Thai literate (including me)?
Am I glad that I have been vaccinated against Hepatitus A. and B. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible against C. that would save human lives.
Tattoos now not only in Thailand, have you seen how many young people in Holland have a Tatoo, the ladies on the back just above the edge of the pants, and the boys one around the upper arm, and still a craze, and should you take a look at Zandvoort, or another beach, on a sunny day, you will be amazed, and then lasering is not a good option as it always leaves a scar, just like a burn mark.
And then you are talking about the tattooed bar ladies, now a lot of men here in Isan have them, and some superiors, and usually put when they enter the temple for their period as a monk.
I've had ONE tattoo for 46 years, I don't regret it for a moment, but what you see in the Netherlands now........they are like herd animals...what one wants, the other wants too.
Humans are just herd animals. What one has, the other also wants. That's not new though. That's what half the world's economy runs on. There's nothing wrong with that anyway.
And the other half is the sensible half 😉
Angelina Jolie's tattoo was not made by the monk at Wat Bang Phra but by tattoo artist Sompong in Bangkok and she is not a monk.
The guy in Wat Bang Phra is a real monk but he is not allowed to put visible tattoos on women because of Buddhism and if he was you wouldn't be able to see Angelina Jolie's tattoo because of the invisible ink...
Source: http://www.freetattoodesigns.org/angelina-jolie-tattoos.html
@ Nico, ok thanks for the clarification.
So I am a tourist who gets her tattoos done in Thailand and I am very happy with it, I have done it twice now with the same man who is really a true artist, and they are not small pictures. They are 10x nicer and better set than those I had done in the Netherlands.
You have to be careful who you let them put with. Because two years ago I had the first one done and then there were four tattoo shops in one street in Pattaya and a year later there were 15.
These are all young men behind a computer who want to earn money quickly. That's why you have to be careful and of course you don't do it at the beginning of the holiday but in the last few days, no sun and no more swimming. I have enough seen tourists with inflamed tattoos.
My first tattoo my artist first drew on a linen canvas with charcoal, he was working on it for more than two days before he even discussed the price. I now have that painting hanging at home and not many people can say that.
So I am a satisfied tourist, although I have been looking for it for a long time.
Hi Brenda, I'm going to Thailand to get a tattoo and I'm looking for the right person to do this. I came across your comment and am very curious about your story and photos.
I hope to hear from you
Regards, Rody
To associate a tattoo with vulgar or anti-social is rather petty bourgeois. From head to toe or very striking visible tattoos, I'm not crazy about that myself, but I can appreciate a beautiful tattoo placed in a civilized place. Regularly watched the broadcasts of Miami ink and LA Tattoo and you can say that they are real Tattoo artists. Especially the tattoos of the koi carp are a joy to see. There are several people who, in a fit of mental eclipse, had a somewhat pathetic tattoo placed by an amateur and regretted it later, and I can well imagine that. It usually doesn't look that way.
Because of the time and also the pain, people usually deliberately choose a tattoo, at least if it is a tattoo of a bit size. The tattoo artist often spends many hours on this and sometimes days with coloring. The choice to do it in Asia lies in the price and the creativity of the tattoo artists there. Just look at the sometimes beautiful paintings that are offered for a few pennies in the stalls in Sukhumvit. Due to poverty unfortunately often painted on a cotton canvas and painted with cheap paint and brushes, but wonderfully creative.
Years ago in Bangkok I had a dragon tattooed on my right shoulder blade in 5 colors and it took them about 2-6 hours spread over 8 days. If I had had that done here, I would have lost a multiple of the costs and it probably wouldn't have looked so Asian. Do I regret that, no absolutely not.
When I went to sea in 1969 just about everyone on the crew had tattoos, I couldn't wait to get one too.
Unfortunately, these are not really the most beautiful tattoos, but the quality is, but the choice of images is really something of a 15-year-old boy.
Was also budget bound at the time, so the size of the tattoo depended on the money I had with me.
I was lucky that at the age of 16 I could already get tattoos in Hong Kong and Singapore, but it was of a different caliber than pictures of Tato Dick or Tato Bob van de Kaap in Rotterdam.
Had 6 tattoos done in a relatively short time, and then never again.
Don't regret it, but when I wake up in the morning and they're gone, I'm okay with that too.
I am still grateful to a Boatswain from that time, that I did not get my tattoo on my hands, I had seen that on one of the crew members and liked it so much that I decided to have this done in the next port as well.
The boatswain had heard about this, and came to tell me that he would give me a beating if I did this, by the way, this man was completely covered in pictures himself.
By the way, you hardly see any tattoos with the new generation of sailors, it has become something for the people ashore
It just belonged to a certain culture, come from a family that consists of defense personnel, my grandfather was a marine officer, uncle, etc. All had tattoos, technology used to be different, so the tattoos look less like the current generation. But you don't have to be ashamed of it either.
Call me petty bourgeois, because I don't like a tattoo at all. I won't directly claim that it's inferior or antisocial, but tattooing your entire body comes close.
A bargirl with tattoos repels me, they need money and I think, couldn't you have used that money for that tattoo better.
I also absolutely do not understand why someone gets a tattoo. Inferiority complex? Not satisfied with your own body? These reactions also show that it often happens on a whim to “belong”. I was also a sailor and it never occurred to me to get a tattoo, there are other ways to prove that you belong.
Okay, now I'm going to contradict myself a bit. My Thai wife now also wants a tattoo and I agree. She has undergone an operation in the abdominal area and has left an ugly scar. To camouflage that scar, she would like a modest tattoo on that spot, so functional.
By the way, I recently saw a kind of transparent sleeve with a tattoo motif for sale in Bangkok, which you slide around your upper arm. It looks like you have a real tattoo and I thought it was funny to trick or piss someone off with it,
Dear Bert Gringhuis, you talk a bit double, and incomprehensibly, absolutely do not understand why someone gets a tattoo, and then later that your wife wants one to get rid of a scar, and you will understand that, first think a na before you post a reaction, So I have one in memory of my deceased daughter, (forever in my heart) around an angel, and that is part of being antisocial you can Eat everything, but not Know everything.
Ho, ho, Henk, I didn't call a tattoo antisocial and I don't think so.
The reason why you got a tattoo is completely justified, let's be clear, I appreciate that.
Dear Henk,
The reason why you got a tattoo is completely legitimate for you.
And you value being reminded of your daughter in that way.
Completely understandable…..for you.
For me, getting a tattoo, for whatever reason, is “not done”
I think it's cheap, crazy fad, horrible, and so on,
If a woman has such a pretty picture anywhere on her body, she's done for me.
When a man does that, I can only detect a slightly criminal mindset in myself.
I don't like men, if I did, the storm would be over right away.
I must confess that I have some reasons that you could put under the heading of faith.
But even without those probable reasons, I still find it awful.
Sorry
Here in Pattaya I regularly see people who are completely crazy about taking tattoos, I always call them the Delft Blue men.
You see them here who even had their faces done, unbelievable.
With the Russians you see a lot of those temporary tattoos that you can have put on the beach, they are the best, you can get rid of them after a few days.
Those, I'll just call it arm socks, with which it looks like your arms are fully tattooed, you can get plenty here in Pattaya, is nice for a shock effect.
And of course you also have the Go Go girls here in Pattaya who are quite full, I have nothing to do with it, my girlfriend is free of tattoos and doesn't like it at all, not even my tattoos.
For the rest I never had any disadvantage of my tattoos, but certainly no advantage either.
I am still a sailor, and I have also had a good conversation a few times with a person on board who wanted to start giving up.
If they wanted it so necessary, I gave them the advice to have something beautiful made, and not to skimp on the price.
Nice name, Henk, Delft blue men, I will remember.
In an earlier comment I said that my wife wanted to camouflage a scar on her stomach. Because you're not sure if that's beautiful, she just had a temporary tattoo done this afternoon. Looks nice and if she still thinks so after a few days, she can let me make it permanent.
Advantages or disadvantages? I have been an employer and I can tell you that I would never hire someone who comes into contact with customers with visible tattoos. Prejudice? Yes! petty bourgeois? Absolute! But nobody dissuades me from that idea.
I completely agree with you, I wouldn't hire anyone with visible tattoos who come into contact with customers.
Now it is true that you have tattoos and tattoos.
I've had them on board with tattoos that annoyed me too, swastikas and that kind of nonsense.
If you have things like that immortalized on your body, you don't track at all, and you try to convey something, or shine that is consciously confrontational.
I've been a skipper myself for years now and on some occasions I put on a shirt with long sleeves, people look at you differently.
I don't have strange images, dragons, birds, sailing ship and things like that.
Deet that in the past when I went to a parent evening at school, about 25 years ago you were seen a bit strange with those pictures.
At the time I also had an earring in, I think I was one of the few, I sometimes got comments on that.
Earring has been out for a long time, that's the advantage of a piercing or an earring, get rid of that thing and you're left with a small hole.
Ay, Ay, skipper, right on go!
From a medical point of view it is dangerous, if a needle is later put in or surgery is needed through the tattoo, I was told, I also wanted to remove the scar, and the doctor advised me against this urgently.
After 1 ½ – 2 years this can no longer hurt, the body tissue has then fully recovered. When you have a tattoo done in Asia, you have to make sure that pure natural products are used and no synthetic rubbish, because that makes it dangerous!!!!
So you're basically saying the opposite of what the doctor is saying? Can they also knock on your door if that turns out not to be the case? Or is it warranty up to this advice? 🙂
ThailandGanger, I am told, is something other than an explicit statement: the doctor told me that…. I am not a doctor, just a lawyer. However, you should not accuse me of something that I did not write. I'll be the last to go against a doctor's advice, let me be clear on that. My statement on whether or not it is dangerous to tattoo over a scar is a general representation of what can also be found via Google about this.
Hello Ferdinand. First of all there was a 🙂 so a joke.
It clearly says that a doctor advised against it. Or should I just read over it?
I'm not accusing you of anything at all. There was and is a question mark in that sentence. Is that immediately accusing you of something?
So if you, as a lawyer, ask questions in court, you immediately accuse someone of, for example, fraud or murder or I know what? Well if you literally ask if you killed someone yes. But I didn't ask you that. I asked if you claimed the opposite of that doctor? You can just say no.
But apparently that is wrong or not allowed? I won't bother you anymore with questions about your comments. Sorry about that.
Have a nice day.
ThailandGanger, they are quite suggestive questions. Anyway, you are right, later on it is indeed stated that a doctor advised him against it. In his case I would certainly take that advice to heart. In general, it seems (according to reports) to be medically justified.
As long as it's not about money (lol) you can ask me anything.
Wishing you a nice evening.
Bert, a tattoo to camouflage a scar is very good. My wife has a scar on her forearm and has also camouflaged it with a tattoo (a colored peacock). Almost nothing can be seen of the scar. In addition to functionality, a tattoo such as Henk B., which has already made known, can also have a deeper meaning.
The degree of showiness depends in particular: on the size - the place - the type of tattoo and the person himself. Since a tattoo is not something you can just erase, it is advisable to go to a good tattoo shop. It may cost a few baths more, but that is also allowed if you carry it with you for the rest of your life.
I myself have an aversion to anything that is too much, including tattoos and jewellery, but I do have and wear them now, albeit not flashy. My tattoo is therefore not visible to others, unless I walk bare-chested, but that rarely happens.
A friend of mine was tattooed in Thailand on Koh Samui in the old fashioned way, very painful from what I understood 🙂
Something else, some tourists want to get a tattoo in Thailand, it will be cheaper than in their own country, but what about hygiene, etc., you still have to deal with needles and a wound. I am thinking, among other things, of AIDS and other communicable diseases. When I see some tattoo shops in Thailand, they don't look very clean.
I have the impression, especially for women and girls, that tattoos are more common in Isan than in the rest of Thailand
what a generalization. What do you base that on? Numbers? Statistical basis?
When I'm in the isaan not a single lady has a tattoo. When I ask the ladies here on the spot about 40 pieces, 25 of which are from the Isaan, then 4 have a tattoo and guess what, 2 come from the Isaan.
So do you have numbers to back up your claim? Am curious about it.
Read carefully first! I started with “I have the idea”
I have met girls from the Isan with tattoos several times. From the rest of Thailand have not met anyone with tattoos. Hence.
I think your idea is wrong.
Moderator: It's unclear who you're responding to.
It was a general response to the various comments and the piece.
What wonderfully predictable weather all those prejudices men with tattoos are antisocial Thai ladies with tattoos come from the Isaan.
Most people talk about the Thai(se) thinking that all farrang is rich, but as far as prejudices are concerned, I dare say the Thai in many cases has learned from us to think that way.
When will we learn to think outside the box, or will we find it easy and clear?
Quote Bert Gringhuis says on February 5, 2011 at 05:51
A bargirl with tattoos repels me, they need money and I think, couldn't you have put that money to better use for that tattoo.
Personally I think the above reaction from Bert is the best reaction (so far)
That you don't like a lady with a tattoo ok fine everyone has their own taste but what you say afterwards I personally find very shortsighted, because they work in the bar they need money? Everyone who works needs money, right? Would you therefore never be able to buy something nice for yourself? I understand what you mean, but this is again a typical case of thinking in boxes.
My daughter is on vacation here for a week and she had to have a tattoo by a monk. We checked here and yes, this monk puts the best tattoo in Thailand and works at a temple in Bangkok. Called him, no price because he had to ask my daughter. So by taxi to Bangkok. Arriving there, this monk asks 35000 bth for a tattoo. You read that right 35000 bth.
Dear Han,
Hopefully you have not gone into business with this monk, it is already very strange that this monk first wants to see your daughter before he wants to put a Sak Yant Tattoo, I find that really strange.
There should be no selective trading in the Temple everyone is welcome, and then also asking for money that is not the intention at all!
Which Temple was this in?
tattoo everyone a barcode then you can always be found. BSN number can possibly. also.
Dear Peter,
As a Buddhist farang, I had various Sak Yant tattoos done in Wat Bang Phra by Luang Pi Nunn and Arjan Som.
Wat Bang Prha is not only known by the Thai by the tattoo but mainly known by the late monk Luang Por Phern. When you tell a Thai that you have been to Wat Bang Phra, the first thing he/she will say is ooohh at Luang Por Phern.
There is a big difference between a Sak Yant tattoo done in the Temple or a fashion tattoo done in a tattoo shop.
Especially the Thai think it is very important that a Sak Yant is put in a Temple in a tattoo shop is simply not possible, because it is a Buddhist tattoo that is done by a monk with all the rituals that go with it.
The Sak Yant features Buddhist of psalms and prayers and spells written in Khmer script.
If you have had a Sak Yant installed and it has been blessed by a monk, you will be given instructions or rules to follow to ensure that the Yant retains its magical powers.
A Sak Yant has five precepts that you must adhere to if you have a Sak Yant placed in the Temple.
Five precepts are the curriculum of Buddhist teachings, which are embraced in the moral code of Buddhism.
1. Don't kill
2. Don't steal
3. Not enjoying sexual misconduct
4. Don't make a fake speech
5. Don't take intoxicants
It is therefore an abomination to the Thai people that in the gogo bars & prostitution bars of Phuket or Pattaya there are drunken farang hanging around in a bare chest full of Buddhist Sak Yant, yes, and that is understandable from a Thai and Buddhist point of view. understand what respect is in place here.
A few years ago there was even an attempt to prohibit the setting of Sak Yant at farang by law.
Think carefully if you have a Sak Yant placed in Thailand and where you have it placed and first ask what the drawing means and what power or protection it assumes, the monk will gladly tell you if you ask.
Placing a Sak Yant in the Temple has no fixed price it is about the gift you buy on the square at the Temple some flowers/incense/cigarettes also make sure you have put some money in an envelope it doesn't have to be much what you can miss on arrival you put this on a scale intended for that purpose, donations are always welcome.
And then the ritual can begin you are never alone usually with a group of twenty people just see what the Thai people do and imitate it.
The first time I had a Sak Yant put in, my Thai wife came with me, which makes everything a lot easier because she knows the language.
Before the Sak Yant is set, sit in a circle and shake hands, then the monk will say his blessings and start putting the Sak Yant, this is done in order of entry, so make sure you are there on time I was there already at six in the morning.
have a nice day and good luck if you want to get a Sak Yant set.
The first response to this topic that makes sense! The start of this topic is undoubtedly well-intentioned (I don't expect otherwise on Thailandblog), but the reactions are full of prejudices such as anti-social, always barmaids, etc. Apparently we are very good at judging and also condemning (where do we get we the right) of entire populations. After the girls from Isaan, the bar ladies, etc., it is now the tattooed fellow man's turn. Just like Jan, I had a tattoo done in some bang phra and his description is completely correct. The reason I had this done is personal and none of anyone else's business. According to many, I too belong to the army of people who want to stand out, a-socials, etc..
Speaking of anti-social: why is there never a theme devoted to Dutch (and of course also other) expats who sit at the bar in the evenings, blaring loudly, unable to behave themselves, and unable to keep their hands to themselves?
Happy holidays everyone!!
Indeed a good story about the tattoos in Thailand. I also had one installed about a year and a half ago. You should really think about it before you do it. You didn't have him specially put in a temple (Wat). I had mine set by AJahn Anek in Pattaya. He is not a monk, but most Sak Yan masters are not. I thought he had nice tattoos. The eye wants something too.
My wife also had one installed. She had already had an invisible one put on a Wat.
Afterwards you will also receive a prayer paper that you have to say every day. That gives the tattoo its power. I've been to several Wat's around here and other people who said they could do the tattoo. Some just weren't pretty. Some people also just ask too much money like Ajahn Noo. At Ajarn Anek there is just a sign with the prices on it. Farang just pay more. I don't care about that. At some temples you just have to sacrifice. I bought the book sacred tattoos of Thailand.Isbn number 978-981-4302-54-8. I got a lot of information out of that. I have the tattoo for decoration but also for my personal reason. But think about it carefully.
I never dared to have a sak yant installed in Bangkok because the shops are not that clean. Last month I had a sak yant put on at Thaitattoo in Vlaardingen and it is really beautiful. It is a private studio and very clean. I hope this is a good tip for the people who want a safe tattoo. Greetings Debbie
is that sak yant tato of yours with a machine, or by hand?
Nowadays there is a tattoo shop called Dutch Ink in Vlaardingen, which seems to be something very special, opposite station west of Vlaardingen.
You can also take a look at Facebook for Dutch Ink.
Wonderful to read how this lives with people, what an enormous passion.
We at Dutch Ink think it is a wonderful challenge for every artist "from the relevant culture, in this case Sak Yant Tattoo" to place his own technique that he is capable of with people who are looking for a certain technique. We are basically everything, but not Sak Yant Tattoo. Everyone should leave this to the real specialist in the Netherlands and that is with flying colors Thai Tattoo in Vlaardingen.
This man has such a huge passion for what he does and the shop is really fantastic.
For the enthusiasts among you, one must.
regards
Dutch Ink
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There is a monk in Thailand named Luang Pi Nunn who tattoos at Wat Phra Bang temple. These tattoos called Sak Yant or Yantra Tattoos are magical and hence world famous.
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that's a coincidence, I was tattooed by this monk, in the old way with the goad !!
quite an experience I can tell you!
Bart, and then I wonder if you can choose your own tattoo design at Luang Pi Nunn? Or that he chooses one for you?
hi eric
I don't know if I can respond to your Question, Dan looks like chatting!
but I was allowed to choose a design myself!
g Bart