After the fire. In January 2025 the Palisades Fire took Amir’s home, all Tribal Markers inventory, and the community where Tribe Sundays gathered. He is rebuilding from Ojai, one mark at a time.
Tribal Markers × MANA
ADORN • ANOINT • CONNECT
Make your mark.
Tribal symbols bridging the tribes of the world.
Your name in the world’s scripts
A sound sketch. Our artist draws the final version by hand.
Take one home
Venmo @TribalMarkers
What is Tribal Markers?
A marking ritual that began as a gift at Burning Man in 2003. Live artists draw symbols, names and blessings on people at festivals, schools, retreats and celebrations around the world.
What people are saying
WanderlustFeatured Amir painting flowing Hebrew, Arabic and Sanskrit scripts on festival-goers as “the art of connection.”Wanderlust Journal
The Portal PodcastHost Britt Deanda says Amir was a highlight for many guests at their Joshua Tree retreat.Episode 86, 2020
LA Fashion Film FestivalHosted a live Tribal Markers body art experience at Fred Segal, open to all ages and backgrounds.2018 program
Shoutout LAProfiled how a photographer turned a Burning Man gift into a business built on one-on-one connection.Interview, 2024
Goddess Liberation, UKDescribes the markers as handmade, water-based, vegan and refillable, with trained artists for events and mother blessings.UK partner
Worked with Jason Mraz, Nahko, Walk the Moon, Google, Sony and Toyota, and at Burning Man, Wanderlust and Bali Spirit Festival.
The artist: Amir Magal
Born in Jerusalem to a rabbi and calligrapher, Amir learned the art of adornment with the Hamar people of Ethiopia and gave his first markings at Burning Man in 2003. He created the Tribal Body Marker and has led art and nature programs for children for more than 20 years.
Ambassadors, events & lessons
Amir is training ambassador artists to bring Tribal Markers to their own communities, booking events, and building a curriculum of symbol lessons for schools and families.
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Marks at MANA
At MANA, a nature-based school in Ojai, a mark is earned, not bought: kindness, courage and real effort are honored with a mark on a child’s hand, and marks celebrate rites of passage.
A movement uniting tribes, one mark at a time.@tribalmarkers