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Nakhon Chai Si, Thailand - March 19, 2016: Every year more than 10,000 people gather at Wat Bang Phra, to recharge the magic of their sacred Sak Yant tattoos. Sak Yants are traditional Thai tattoos etched into the skin by Buddhist monks for protection & luck. The next day is Wai Kru day when they gather to pay respect to the teacher. They enter into a trance called Khong Khuen and become their tattoos — the Tiger, Crocodile, Old Man, or Hanuman. Once in trance they run for the shrine in total chaos, arms flailing wildly, crashing into onlookers, towards the statue of their former tattoo master Luan Por Phern. A wall volunteers stop them from reaching the shrine, pulling them out of the trance by rubbing their ears.
Nakhon Chai Si, Thailand - March 19, 2016: Every year more than 10,000 people gather at Wat Bang Phra, to recharge the magic of their sacred Sak Yant tattoos. Sak Yants are traditional Thai tattoos etched into the skin by Buddhist monks for protection & luck. The next day is Wai Kru day when they gather to pay respect to the teacher. They enter into a trance called Khong Khuen and become their tattoos — the Tiger, Crocodile, Old Man, or Hanuman. Once in trance they run for the shrine in total chaos, arms flailing wildly, crashing into onlookers, towards the statue of their former tattoo master Luan Por Phern. A wall volunteers stop them from reaching the shrine, pulling them out of the trance by rubbing their ears.
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