Khmer Tattoos

Michelle Rodriguez’s back tattoo has the same placement and layout as Angelina Jolie’s tattoo which is written in the Cambodian language Khmer, thought Michelle’s tattoo has a different text.

The tattoo on Angelina Jolie’ left shoulder blade honors her first son Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt who was born in 2001 and adopted by Angelina in 2002. Maddox was born in Cambodia and the tattoo is written in Khmer, Cambodia’s official language. It is a prayer that reads “May your enemies run far away from you/If you acquire riches may they remain yours always/Your beauty will be that of Apsara/Wherever you may go, may will attend, serve and protect you, surrounding you on all sides.”