lao phung dam — Hand Poke "Black-bellied Lao" — a central Thai name for the tattooed northerner, applied from outside and carrying a view with it. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/lao-phung-dam/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
tua mueang — Hand Poke The northern letters — Tai Tham script, the script of the region's manuscripts and of the yant that go on northern skin. Khom is the central convention, not the northern one. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tua-mueang/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Godna — Hand Poke Northern and central India: women's marks, pricked by women, carried out of India to the Caribbean by indentured labour. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/godna/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
The leg zone — Hand Poke The leg zone — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/legs/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 173K
The words — Hand Poke The word each tradition uses, and what it means before it means tattoo. Most of them mean prick, strike or write. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/terms/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Kengtung — Hand Poke The eastern Shan town that sits in the middle of the leg-tattoo zone, and in the middle of the Tai world the zone is drawn on. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/place/kengtung/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Words — Hand Poke Words — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 56K
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