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
Atayal ptasan — Hand Poke Taiwan: a band down the forehead, and a second mark earned — by a man for taking a head, by a woman for mastering the loom. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/atayal-ptasan/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Where — Hand Poke Where — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/body/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 54K
Chin facial tattooing — Hand Poke Women's faces, marked between fifteen and twenty, in a pattern that names the tribe: full-face, part-face, dots, lines, or both. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/chin-ming/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 56K
Chin facial tattooing — สักด้วยมือ Women's faces, marked between fifteen and twenty, in a pattern that names the tribe: full-face, part-face, dots, lines, or both. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/tradition/chin-ming/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 58K
Konyak marks — Hand Poke Nagaland and across the Myanmar border: chest and face marks a man received for taking a head. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/konyak-naga/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Hajichi — Hand Poke The Ryukyu Islands: marks on the backs of women's hands, outlawed by Japan in 1899 and now being put back on. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/hajichi/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K