When it is done — Hand Poke The date is rarely free. Most traditions on this site fix the work to a passage the person is making anyway. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/the-timing/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Derung face marks — Hand Poke Yunnan: Derung women marked on the face at twelve or thirteen, in a tradition now carried by a handful of elders. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/derung-face/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
ming — Hand Poke The Chin word for the facial marks. Banned by name in the 1960s. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/ming/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
sak — Hand Poke To prick. The Khmer root *cɔkʔ* means the same, and the Khmer dictionary keeps it native rather than borrowed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/sak/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Indigo — Hand Poke Pigment from the indigo plant, used by the Ainu and reported for the blue lines on Chin women's faces. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/indigo/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Saya Chein — Hand Poke A Burmese tattooist named in passing in 1882 — the only working *saya* of the period this site can put a name to. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/person/saya-chein/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K