Re: national geo
Posted by Rupal on October 29, 1999 at 20:25:04:
In Reply to: national geo posted by Lucida on October 29, 1999 at 17:33:45:
: i just flipped through the november issue of National Geograhpic
and
: it's got a full page picture of henna-like body art. it's really
: beautiful! i wonder what it is.....maybe black henna? i didn't
get
: to read the article yet.
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It could be saumer - a paint derived from boiling the shells of some
nut that you paint on your skin and leave it there (don't peel off)
and it lasts for a couple of weeks. It is used in Yemen.
Unfortunatley my National Geo goes home instead of up to school so I
don't see it, but they feature henna a lot -- it's great. Just a few
months ago, they had a neat picture of a pregnant woman getting
mehndi done.
~Rupal