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
The pilgrim's cross — Hand Poke Jerusalem and Egypt: a cross on the inside of the wrist, marking a pilgrimage — and a family that has been doing it for around seven hundred years. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/coptic-pilgrim/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
Traditions — Hand Poke Traditions — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/traditions/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 66K
Machine — Hand Poke An electric motor drives the needle, at speeds between fifty and three thousand insertions a minute. It is here for contrast. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/machine/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Wat Phumin — Hand Poke The temple in Nan whose nineteenth-century murals show northern men with their legs and torsos marked. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/wat-phumin/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
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
Khan tang — Hand Poke The fee, set by the master, presented in a bowl: flowers, candles, incense, cloth, coins, and whatever else that master's line asks for. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rite/khan-tang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K