Types of Sak Yant Thai Tattoos

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Thai Traditional tattoos (called sak yant) are becoming so popular with Westerners these days - even Chris Garver from Miami Ink has oneMany people don't know however what the different kinds of tattoos mean and what kinds of tattoos there are available
There are many different kinds of sak yant




here are some of the various kinds of Thai Buddhist tattoos

1. Maetthaa Mahaniyom -
2. Kong Grapan Chathrii -
3. Mahaa Sanaeh -
4. Klaew Klaad -
5. Tam Kwaam
6. Sathw Himapant
7. Choke Laap

To read more on these kinds of Sak yant and their meanings, visit this page _ Buddhist Tattoos - six kinds of Yant

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Sak Yant - Traditional Thai Buddhist tattoo in Bangkok

Another kind of tattoo that one can obtain in Bangkok is a "Sak Yant" tattoo, or "Temple Tattoo"
in Soi Awn Nut 25 at "Wat Tong Nai Temple", ther is a "Ruesi" ( a kind of sage who practises Buddhist and Animist magic), called Ajarn Thoy Dabos. He recieves devotees every day (except for of Holy days) for Sak Yant tattoos and magick love charms, potions and miscellaneous parephernalia for aquiring love, riches, longevity and protection. A Sak Yant tattoo is basically a sacred "Yantra" - a geometrical design charged with ancient Buddhist prayers and magick spells

Tattoo convention Berlin goes Thai tattoo

The Berlin International tattoo Convention 2007 is putting up an exposition on Traditional Thai Buddhist yantra tattooing - this will be the first time that Thai temple tattooing/Khmer Sanskrit tattooing will be on show in the west।
for more info see below link
Sakyant Thai temple Tattoos