Morocco, Morocco, does she ever stop talking about Morocco??
Posted by Kenzi on January 14, 2000 at 23:59:54:
In Reply to: Re: Mehndi and Sun. . . and the labor union that went on strike for henna? posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on January 14, 2000 at 18:12:19:
: The workers on Ramses'tomb went on strike when they ran out of
: sunblock and deoderant ... and I suspect they went on strike for
: henna. ..... Their sunblock was a mix of some herb and olive
oil,
: and I suspect that the herb was henna (forgot which Ramses, but if
My husband tells me that in Morocco, women often mix henna in their
suntan oil..but he said they do it to improve their tan. From what
you're saying they are not improving tan, but staining their skin
with the henna (while protecting it from sunburn and skin cancer, I
would assume).
That's it, I think I have exhausted all my little tidbits about
Morocco...anything else you hear from me will be pure fabrication! ;-)