Yantra cloth

Yantra cloth are red, black, or white fabrics decorated with Buddhist esoteric inscriptions known as yantra that are used in South-East Asia to seek spiritual protection for houses or individuals, dead or alive.

In Cambodia and Thailand, yantra cloth is used to make shirts to boost Bokator fighters.

Most Khmer yantra cloth used to protect houses are decorated with rain quails.

[3] In Thailand, it is common to see yantra cloth dedicated to Buddhist divinities such as Nang Kwak or Thao Kuwen or dead monks such as Luang Phor Koon.

During a traditional fabrication of yantra cloth, special rituals and khatha writings are made with incantations and black magic in order to ensure to superstitious efficiency of the artefact.