Have You Heard About This????

hey folks, i saw something interesting on the National Geographic Channel when i was in my new house in North Carolina..It was about Buddisht Monks and how they give like, special tattoo's with a big rod type thing--its like suppose to be spiritual..and they hold these festivals at certain times of the year and a bunch of people who have gotten those tattoo's from the Buddist Monks show up, and they pray and stuff and the monks use a water hose to get the tattoo's of the crowd wet to like "Bring them to life" and the people with the tattoo's go into huge trances and go wild and crazy...acting like the animal or whatever it is that had been tattooed on them by the monks...I thought it was quite interesting, was wondering if anyone else had heard about it..


thanks

dj jones

yeah, i ve heard of that. i think they do this in thailand. i think it was the nat. geo. channel so probably the same show. if i remember correctly, the tats are supposed to ward off injury -probably other things, too. there was one guy who said something about getting one and he was in a gang-i think-and since getting the tat, he was, like, pretty much invincible to knives. like someone tried to stab him, and it wouldnt pierce the skin.

yup, same show i saw lol

cool i found and article about it

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Art...RTATT/TPTravel/

Its Hindu!! Not Buddhist!

I am a practicing Buddhist and that kinda hurt. :( I would not go wild like and ape or snake or stab myself with a knife to see if I bleed.

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