HENNA
For nearly 5,000 years, henna has been used to temporarily tattoo the skin of women in northern Africa and India. Henna leaves are ground into a paste with water, then women paint intricate designs on their hands and feet. Henna tattoos take several
hours to apply, dry and set and will typically stay fresh looking for one to four weeks. Designs vary from culture to culture but those found in Morocco represent a blend of ancient Berber symbols, magic numbers, magic squares, verses from the Koran, Arabic script, geometric shapes and representations of people, plants, eyes and hands. Over the last severa I years, the
ornate designs have captured the imagination of foreigners and henna tattooing has becoming increasingly popular in the Western world.
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