More than 400 tattooists gathered at the World Tattoo Fair that took place from 15 to 17 February in the Grande Halle de La Villette near Paris. Among them, traditional Sak Yant tattooists who were ...

NAKHON PATHOM (Reuters) - Thousands of devotees, some in a state of trance, gathered at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok renowned for sacred tattoos known as Sak Yant, paying their ...

Dr. Shephard's tattoos of enigmatic figures and Chinese characters run deeper than television. Actor Matthew Fox, who plays Shephard, acquired the tattoos before working on the show. The writers of ...

Before our trip to Thailand, many friends and readers inquired as to what we were most excited about. The epic food? Breathtaking beaches? Intricate temples? Friendly people and affordable prices? Of ...

What Is China Really Doing in Greenland? Fact-Checking Trump’s Arctic Claims Every year, usually in early March, more than 10,000 people flood into Wat Bang Phra, a Buddhist temple about 30 miles west ...

Tattoos have become commonplace in Cambodia, especially among the younger generations. The sight of tattooed young men and women may still shock some conservative members of society, but it is ...

The introduction to Sacred Skin , Tom Vater and Aroon Thaewchatturat’s new tribute to Thailand’s sak yant , or sacred tattoos, begins with an agonized exclamation: “Uaaahh!” So it should. While modern ...

But You Hak doesn’t trouble himself with this. “I know how to make the magic tattoos as pictures, but not to bless them,” he said on Tuesday, putting down the laser gun he had been using to remove a ...

The gathering at Wat Bang Phra. a temple in Nakhon Chai Si district of Nakhon Pathom province, is part of a Thai Wai Khru ritual where devotees pay homage to Luang Phor Pern, the temple's formal abbot ...