Long live The Land of the Million Elephants.




You know what it says, L. A. O. S.





This girl is repping Lao Pride

those naga dragons look cool.

Yeah, the Lao dragon looks cool, but I think too many Asians have a dragon tattoo. It makes the whole thing too common, that's why I prefer the 3 headed elephant. The 3 headed elephant is straight up Lao, that's why I like it.

ive always found it funny when a white/blk or any sea dude had tattoos of chinese/japanese writing. that $hit is killed to death. i rarely see fools with thai or lao writing around here.

The dragon tattoos are really cool!

i like the second one the most

I like it better that way. I would hate to see people repping our tattoos without knowing the meaning behind it.

i woulda been more creative...

do see plenty of asians in asia with english tattoos though

awesome tatts dude!!!!!!!
i ve got the celtic cross for my irish roots this isnt mine but its the same kind of thing..........

i also have my family crest (a stag with one hoof raised) and this writing ครอบครัว
and a snake all in one small circle on my arm......


but the 3 elephants kicks @$$.......make me want to be laos!!

hey Corky, one quick question, what's the difference between the Irish and the Scottish? Are they ethnically and culturally the same? The Irish are predominantly Catholic, and the Scottish are predominantly Protestant? Correct? The Irish are anti-British, and the Scottish are pro-British? Also, do the Irish wear that traditional Scottish Kilt and play from their bag pipe or whatever you call it?

My sig.

The first one wit the three headed elephant on the arm has a nice antique look to it, like a dark wood.

Well, it's not exactly a Laos Pride tattoo..lol But my BF has a tattoo of his middle name in Lao script. It spells out PaoBounJin, he's half Chinese. I call him galapao....lol He looks rough, but he's really a good guy.

much like the thais and lao peoples. related. lot of the same history. both celtic. culturte is very similar....for example kilts originated in irleand and bag pipes came for the irish ilen pipes.
but nowadays the irish leave it to the scottish to wear dresses and play bad music
the scottish are divided much like nothern irleand into local celtic groups and brithish immigrants (former slave drivers)
scotland like nothern irlenad is divided in this way.....but there is much less violence in scotland becuase of it.

corky, do the Irish and Scottish hold any grudge against each other? I remember hearing a Scottish guy saying that the Irish weren't good enough against the British, unlike the Scottish who had William Wallace who taught the British a lesson. Is there any bitter history between the Irish and Scottish?

were u the one who took a picture of him shirtless showing his tattoos Mizz_Luv3r

Yeah, I took the picture while he was playing LOTR on the computer..lol

^I wonder how much that cost to get? 0.O

prob cheap from his friend because that $hit is lookin amerturish. ive seen better.

Cool tattoos, I think I am one of few lao guys with no tattoos.

in this picture..... is that a small penis growning behind his neck?





that's hardcore, yo.

no i have never heard that. to be homnest that sounds ignorant. scotlanmd is still under british rule....most of ireland has liberated itself.....
but usually the irish and scottish support each other......
i have many scottish friends we even share large parts of the same language...

why do elephants mean to the country of Laos? is there any stories you would share with me?

Yeah, it does sound ignorant. The fella was an American of Scottish background/heritage....maybe that's why.

Yeah, in Laos everybody likes to get high. A way waay long time ago there was a legend of this extrodinary weed that they grew, it says that if you smoke that stuff it will make you grow 3 elephant heads, elephant ears and trunks making you feel strengh and you feeling invicible. The weed was then confiscated by the french and was never heard of again. The legendary stories of the 3 headed Elephant weed still exists. The laotians (people of peace) loved the weed so much we put it on our flags.

either that or the elephant represented strength, respect, pride, family etc and there are alot of elephants that roam Laos.

those are cool! laotians got hella pride

probably saw braveheart a few too many times....that film is grossly wrong.(and it was shot in ireland)
believe me real scottish like the irish and the irish are the same.i personally dont hold anyones nation against them.
how about the lao and thais in america...whats their relationship?


i certainly do! i go there 2 times a year.

No problems at all with kon lao here in the states. We get along fine.

so do laos people and thai in thailand as far as i see.

i don't see it..where did u get that from?

Damn you, Farangs. Maybe that's why there's a whole bunch of French in Laos.

hey man laos...would be a great place to live for me...if i could get a job there.

Can't take the Lao out of Khon Lao. Lao First and Tai Second and it don't stop.

Real Lao $hit. Let me compose this rap real quick just for fun. I don't give a damn if I make sense or not, but haters steal our elephant and say its theirs, that's why I'm coming with vengeance like Tony Jaa in "Tom Yum Goong" to claim whats mine. You can steal our elephant. You can steal our identity, but you can't steal this Lao pride tatted on his back. You think I'm wack, it don't mean jack, cause it's a matter of facts.

thats actually the best tatt ive seen in this thread so far, dude kept it classic with the greys and black. the first one on the arm is sick too.

i know it's slightly off topic but do you guys do leg tattoos like this dude in Burma?

Yeah. Back in Laos, they get tattoos on the legs too. I don't know if they still do it, though.

The Tattoo covering the back, like somebody said, is cheap. There's no detail in it whatsoever just quantity. And the fact that it's all smudged looking. But the other 1 not done by a friend can easily be $3,000 or more. Some of these guys have about $10,000 worth on their bodies. I love tattoos and have it done professionally. I have well over $20,000 worth on my body covering about 40%.

nice tattoos!

Nice pictures, Pimpraja.

Heres some Tai tatoos (Thailand).

Another tattoo ..





... and tattoo kit







More Elephants please


@ Pimpraja ... Is the tattoo on your sig you ???

This Lao cat representing Lao pride to the fullest.

^ holy cow! I mean elephant cool topic and pix, looking forward to more.

wow. dude looks like a banger. the tatts on the dome is crazy OD but sick nontheless.

He is a banger. Dude is from the infamous Tiny Raskal Gang.

im really feelin this one. is there anyway you can get this photo in digital quality. i would like to see the details and if good enough im a get it. its very meaningful with the buddah above the lao insig. thx man



trouser tattoos was a common practice among the lao people. its not as common nowadays among the younger lao.

Let me compose another rap. The Khmers have their Angkor Wat. We Lao have our elephant. And I kick @$$ faster than Tony Jaa when you try to steal our elephant. You tell me it's irrelevant, but I get malevolent, it's the Lao in me, and the ladyboy in you, call me a fool, what im saying is true. Talk about riches, but ya'll ain't nothing but b!tches. Gyeah.

Interesting tats pimpraja - alot of them are nice but some are .. straight up weird. Have you got any traditional tattoos from Laos that are on the leg?

I always thought getting traditional S.E.A tattoos were hectic till I saw these a few years ago. Check out the legs .. Lome Fa'atau is the guy in the picture, he plays rugby for Samoa and Wellington Hurricanes.







Its a traditional Samoan tattoo.

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"It's all about the history of Samoa and the patterns reflect my family history."

Fa'atau said that three people worked for nine days to get the complete artwork done.

"Each session was about six to eight hours a day and, at times it was painful, because it was done the traditional way, using a shark's tooth, needles, a chisel and a drumstick to tap away.

"Three guys normally do it. Two wipe and stretch the skin and the other guy does the tapping and tattooing.

"The tattoo starts just below my knee cap and goes halfway up my back," said Fa'atau.

these are awsome tattoos around...very nice.