A newspaper-print tattoo
I don’t know if there is any credibility to this story, but like Top Celebrity Blog, I found it to be cute enough I would share.
At the Golden Globes in January, an older woman saw the tattoo on Angelina Jolie’s left shoulder and attempted to wipe it away thinking it was newspaper print.
From the National Enquirer (you know, that reliable source - hehe):
At the Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie cracked up when an elderly lady spotted the Cambodian tattoo she sports on her shoulder and offered to help her wipe off the “newspaper ink.� The well-meaning woman whispered: “That newspaper ink gets all over the place - especially if you’re wearing moisturizer. You must have leaned up against it. See The letters are all backwards.� Jolie explained that it wasn’t ink, but a permanent tatoo - a magical incantation writter in Khmer, the language of the land where adopted son Maddox was born. “My mistake,� said the woman. “I’d love to get one just like it.�
The tattoo on AJs left shoulder is actually of a dragon, but the one on the back of her left shoulder blade is a khmer saying, translating to:
May your enemies run far away from you.
If you acquire riches, may they remain yours always.
Your beauty will be that of Apsara. (a celestial dancer from Khmer mythology)
Wherever you may go, many will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides.
I find it doubtful that this story is true, but like I said, it’s cute…
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