Re: you could talk about Arabic some more......
Posted by Kenzi on February 22, 2000 at 03:39:26:
In Reply to: Re: you could talk about Arabic some more...... posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on February 19, 2000 at 06:23:53:
: One of the phrases in translation is "a woman should not strike her
: foot as to show her ornaments" and another is she should not cause
her
: garment to shift as to show her ornaments.
: Now .... as the tattooing patterns that accompany henna frequently
: follow the garment opening lines, so that a dancer COULD shift her
: garments to show her "ornaments" (slit up the thighs, open at the
: bosom, around the waist .......
: and other than ankle bracelets ...what would be on a foot other
than
: henna?
What you say here makes sense of the ancient (and not so ancient)
belief that dancers are impious and impure...in many cultures, that
is. Dancers not only stamp their feet, but use ornaments to
emphasize hands, feet etc.
You would think then that henna would have developed into something
shameful and forbidden for women since it is an ornament that is on
parts of the body that CAN be seen (and harquus, too, for that
matter).
: Mernissi grooves! I've been banging my head on that book for a
year
: trying to get a sense of the mind-set. ... that and "Price of
Honor".
I just finished "Beyond the Veil" and it has brought up so many
questions. I wonder if we could get her to come to Sirius and talk
to us?
- ornaments and Sirius expenses Catherine Cartwright Jones 14:39:30 2/22/00
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