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  2. Wat Bang Phra - Wikipedia

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    The power of any amulet or tattoo decreases with time, so, to re-empower tattoos each year, Sak Yant masters celebrate with their disciples the Wai Khru (Wai Khru meaning to pay homage to one's teacher). On this day devotees gather in the parlours of their Sak Yant masters to honor them and get their tattoos blessed and re-empowered. [2]

  3. Yantra tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Yantra tattooing or Sak Yant is a form of tattooing using Indian yantra designs. It consists of sacred geometrical, animal and deity designs accompanied by Pali phrases that are said to offer power, protection, fortune, charisma and other benefits for the bearer.

  4. Thai folklore - Wikipedia

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    Bangkok city Lak Mueang. The longer pillar is the Rama I original, the shorter was added by King Mongkut (Rama IV) Yantra tattoo for protection. The core of Thai folklore is rooted in Tai folk religion. Until they were recorded, folk beliefs were handed down from one generation to the next.

  5. Yantra - Wikipedia

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    Yantra Tattooing or Sak Yuant (Thai: สักยันต์ RTGS: sak yan) [15] is a form of tattooing using yantra designs in Buddhism. It consists of sacred geometrical, animal and deity designs accompanied by Pali phrases that are said to offer power, protection, fortune, charisma and other benefits for the bearer.

  6. Khatha - Wikipedia

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    Khatha are used in Buddhist chanting, by Thai Ruesi practitioner for their magical spells, inscribed on Thai Buddha amulets and yantra cloths, as well as being the main body of content in Sak Yant tattooing; The sacred yantra tattoo designs are both filled with Pali Khatha, as well as being used to embellish the spaces between each of the designs too.

  7. Paritta - Wikipedia

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    While paritta texts generally are recited aloud, other mediums are known as well. In Thailand, paritta texts are printed on small pieces of cloth containing images of the Buddha or famous monks. Similar text—often in the Khom Thai script—is sometimes incorporated into tattoos believed to have protective powers, known as Sak Yant.

  8. Sobbing and prayers echo through South Korean airport as ...

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    The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims aboard a passenger jet that crash ...

  9. Suvannamaccha - Wikipedia

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    A mural painting of Suvannamaccha and Hanuman at Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok. In-universe information; Family: Hanuman (Spouse), Macchanu (son), Ravana (father ...