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
The rites — Hand Poke The fee, the day, the vows, the food not eaten and the words said over the needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/rites/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Deq — Hand Poke Kurdistan: marks on women's faces, hands and feet, for protection, for health, and to say which tribe. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/deq/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
What the word means first — สักด้วยมือ คำที่แต่ละธรรมเนียมใช้เรียกรอยสัก และความหมายของคำนั้นก่อนจะแปลว่ารอยสัก nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/story/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K
Cut — Hand Poke The skin is cut or chiselled and pigment is rubbed into the cut, so the mark has a texture as well as a colour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/cut/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
What the word means first — Hand Poke The word each tradition uses for the tattoo, and what it meant before it meant that. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Ainu anchi-piri — Hand Poke Hokkaido and Sakhalin: a woman's mouth ringed with indigo, begun in childhood and widened until she was ready to marry. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/ainu-anchi-piri/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 53K