Re: henna - eastern or western?
Posted by Kenzi on March 23, 2000 at 22:37:01:
In Reply to: henna - eastern or western? posted by Sahiba on March 23, 2000 at 06:28:20:
as having an eastern origin. When you get henna applied is it because
it has an 'exotic' eastern image, because it is a trendy western
accessory, or simply because you think it's pretty? Pls do write
in...thanx!
Good question. I think that a lot of people who are really serious
about henna started because they had some kind of connection to a
culture that does henna; maybe they are bellydancers, maybe they went
to a friend's Indian wedding, maybe they dated a Turk, maybe they had
a Tunisian roommate etc. etc. I think it's hard to put your finger
on what makes us want to adopt such practices which are not part of
our culture....each person has to ask her/himself that question. It
is perhaps because it is exotic and exiting, but not only because of
that. Sometimes aspects of another culture really speak to you on a
level which is hard to describe. Perhaps it is the music of a
particular tribe, the textiles of another, the jewelry of yet another
and then the henna designs of another, or all. Anything not of your
own culture or your own experience is exotic, in a sense...foreign,
different, curious. We don't all want to become involved in
everything that is different from ourselves, but some of us
do...maybe that should be the focus of a research project: what
causes certain people to be drawn to the exotic, the different?
For me, I was exposed to travel, languages, foreign cultures etc.
from a young age, so it was a part of my life to explore and be
curious. I wonder how others came to their interest in henna. Talk
amongst yourselves...
- Re: henna - eastern or western? Jeremy Rowntree 10:40:22 3/31/00
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- Re: henna - eastern or western? Natasha Papousek 08:22:19 3/24/00
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