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getting a new tattoo tonight in Thailand
Mike E. P.:
Wow. Great design, Randy.
tobler1:
I like it. Do you know roughly what the Thai says?
baldjoeg:
Nice tatoo Randy. I would like to see it when it is finished.
Glad you had a great trip.
Take care.
Joe G.
Semi-Sly:
--- Quote from: tobler1 on January 22, 2015, 05:59:32 PM ---I like it. Do you know roughly what the Thai says?
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The writing is Sanskrit. In general, this was a tattoo worn by Thai soldiers during their many wars with the Burmese and the Lao. It was a "lucky" or "magic" tattoo which was supposed to give the wearer protection in battle and the ability to persevere even if wounded.
I liked the tattoo for the traditional artwork and the application but I don't believe in magic. Also, I don't like what some monks are doing in Thailand by perpetuating these pre-buddhist myths and by "selling" these tattoos to foreigners. The real monks in Thailand are really quite upset by this activity. And, I didn't want to "rip off" what was a sacred tattoo to another man, so I had the traditional tigers replaced with slightly more modern looking and colored ones. But I still had the tattoo done in the traditional manner with bamboo rods and needles - but by a professional tattoo artist; not by a so-called "Monk".
Randy
tobler1:
Thanks for the explanation. I didn't realize that was Sanskrit, but that makes sense since I know the Buddhist scripts that the Thais use are all in Pali, which is pretty closely related to Sanskrit.
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