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NAKORN CHAISRI, THAILAND -- Never stand in the way of a bare-chested Thai man possessed by the spirit of his body tattoo. While Thais rarely show emotion, apart from their ubiquitous smiles, on March 15 at Wat Bang Phra, several hundred men will transform into hissing, roaring and shrieking incarnations of the mythological Hindu creatures etched on their upper bodies. After about a week of being there, I began seriously tattoo shop shopping. I had looked at a place in Bangkok, but it was done out of a booth in a big mall, so I decided, for my health, it wouldn't be the best place to get it done, even though the work looked great.
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