by PJ » Wed Aug 03, 2011 1:06 pm
Also known as Sak Yant tatoos - to be authentic and have power they need to be done by a skilled monk or shaman.
And there is a ceremony involved.
You can get them in Northern Thailand, but you have to be 'approved' by the holyman to get one.
The funniest thing is that the authentic ones are 'tested' for their powers afterwards.
My Buddy had a serious one done way up in the hills beyond Chang Rai through his Thai contact in CR, where he lived for a year or more.
I think he was the first Farang this guy had ever done. No english spoken at all.
He sent me some priceless mob phone video of his Tat being 'tested'. This basically involved a Shaman with a frickin huge blunt-ish Machete rocking up, my buddy in a kind of meditative state, presenting his leg, whereupon the Shaman basically full-force tries to cut his leg off at the thigh with repeated Machete blows! Mate says it hurts a bit, but all he got was a bit of bruising - in other words, theoretically the Sak Yant massively reduced the Trauma that you would normally experience from this assault.
I've seen the video and the Shaman is not effing around!
Holyman was a typical wirey strong little Thai and he was putting his full body weight behind the Machete blow, however had the Machete been anywhere near as sharp as my $300 Global 250mm Chefs knife that leg would be gone - tattoo or not LOL
Also known as Sak Yant tatoos - to be authentic and have power they need to be done by a skilled monk or shaman.
And there is a ceremony involved.
You can get them in Northern Thailand, but you have to be 'approved' by the holyman to get one.
The funniest thing is that the authentic ones are 'tested' for their powers afterwards.
My Buddy had a serious one done way up in the hills beyond Chang Rai through his Thai contact in CR, where he lived for a year or more.
I think he was the first Farang this guy had ever done. No english spoken at all.
He sent me some priceless mob phone video of his Tat being 'tested'. This basically involved a Shaman with a frickin huge blunt-ish Machete rocking up, my buddy in a kind of meditative state, presenting his leg, whereupon the Shaman basically full-force tries to cut his leg off at the thigh with repeated Machete blows! Mate says it hurts a bit, but all he got was a bit of bruising - in other words, theoretically the Sak Yant massively reduced the Trauma that you would normally experience from this assault.
I've seen the video and the Shaman is not effing around!
Holyman was a typical wirey strong little Thai and he was putting his full body weight behind the Machete blow, however had the Machete been anywhere near as sharp as my $300 Global 250mm Chefs knife that leg would be gone - tattoo or not LOL