Chiang Mai
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The old capital of Lanna: where the leg tattoo was ordinary, where the yant is still done, and where this site is written.
The places
Villages, temples, quarters and museums where the work is done or the record is kept.
{'name': 'Poked', 'th': 'แทง'}
Kengtung
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.
Mandalay
Upper Burma's capital until 1885, and the centre of the country whose men were, in Shway Yoe's account, all tattooed.
The Ukok Plateau
The high plateau on the Russian–Chinese–Mongolian frontier where frozen Pazyryk burials preserved tattooed skin.
Wat Phumin
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The temple in Nan whose nineteenth-century murals show northern men with their legs and torsos marked.
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Buscalan
The village in the Kalinga highlands where batok is still tapped, and where the visitors go.