Understandably, such body art became popular with soldiers ... Though not in any way prohibited, tattoos are now an increasingly rare sight in the Cambodian military. Even among those who fought ...

“Traditional tattoo artists are very few these days,” the scholar says. “It’s like a living museum.” This spread of modern skepticism is rather shortsighted, argues Cambodian heavyweight ...

Nearly a decade ago, the Federation of Khmer Sakyantra was established by Cambodia’s traditional tattoo artists to maintain the art form’s traditions and train new artists in the ways of Sak Yant. Sim ...

Magical tattoos, known as sak yant in Khmer - the language of Cambodia - are ... little is known about the art in Cambodia, partly because of a 1920 royal ordinance that forbade monks from ...

But for Neng, 39, who is covered with blue sak yant tattoos from neck to waist, tattooing is more than a traditional art; it’s a window ... days memorizing ancient Khmer script and repeating ...

Tattoos may be all the rage among western celebrities – and the likes of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp have certainly received a lot of positive press for theirs – but Cambodian singer ... a growing ...