I'm standing and applauding!!! (you're so awesome)(n/t)
Posted by jenaye on May 31, 2001 at 20:54:47:
In reply to: Re: Respect for Tradition (a bit of a rant) posted by Nick on May 31, 2001 at 19:56:20:
: : Erfan, what I am saying is that traditional henna only one color.:
: I will grant you that one, but as far as i have heard, nobody is
: passing off "colored henna" as anything traditional.
:
: : And what we do nowadays is destroy the traditional natural by
: : replaceing it with colored. We are not passing on tradition
because
: : traditionaly henna did not come in green,purple or black
:
: We do not replace it. Ask any one of the henna artists on this
forum,
: and 90% of the time they will say that they only use pure natural
: henna. The general concencus on colored "henna" products is that
: while they may be fun to fool around with, they will never replace
: our beloved traditional henna. See below for more on this.
:
: : Hopefully mehandi will live forever in its traditional shade!!!!
:
: It has lived for 7000 years before we came along, so i don't think
: the next five are going to affect it quite as much as you think. I
am
: not saying that it is okay to use colored dyes and call them
henna...
: I am just saying that henna goes through phases... So eventually
: this "colored henna" phase will just die out. It's a lot like pants
: (just an example!) In the 50's there were straight legs. But soon
: after, in the late 60's and through the 70's, there were bell
: bottoms. And then briefly in the mid-late 90's, there was a
: huge 'wide leg' explosion... which then calmed down into flares and
: now on to capris and split ankles. But all that didn't cause you to
: wear only straight legs because you thought that nobody would
: remember them! It's the same with henna, things fall in and out of
: fashion. Just because something is popular for a few years doesn't
: mean that it is going to replace the original! Coke comes in diet,
: and caffiene free, but neither of those will ever replace classic.
: Get what i mean?
:
: : CCJ only uses natural henna and she sticks to the true
traditions.
:
: True, but she, like I and many others, is willing to try new things
: and experiment. If we were all closed minded and never tried
anything
: new, we would never get anywhere. We are also making our *own*
: traditions in this country... think about reading the history of
: henna use in ancient Persia... well some day, they will be reading
: about the history of henna use in the ancient USA! If nobody ever
: made new traditions, we would still be living in caves and sitting
: around all day waiting to invent fire. Once again, i am not saying
: that it is ok to pass off "colored henna" as henna at all, just
that
: we can't stop people from adding their personal ideas to the whole.
: It's also like the US constitution, ammendments in particular.
: Without all those ammendments, women would not be allowed to vote,
: and we would still be lost in slavery. So sometimes change and
: additions are necesary to move forward.
:
: How was that for a rant?
: ~Nick
Follow Ups
- Yay! :-) *blush* n/t
Nick 22:30:53 5/31/2001
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