Awheto and ngarehu — สักด้วยมือ Two pigments for two jobs: *awheto*, a caterpillar fungus, for the body; *ngarehu*, burnt timber, for the darker face colour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/ink/awheto-ngarehu/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
sak kha lai — Hand Poke To prick the legs in patterns — the verb, the body part and the word for pattern, in that order. No separate noun for the tattoo is needed. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/sak-kha-lai-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
The Chin ban — Hand Poke Burma's socialist government banned Chin facial tattooing in the 1960s; missionaries had been discouraging it for decades already. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/chin-ban/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K