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Portuguese East Africa see Mozambique .
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Henna and people of color
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 6/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...Michigan Chronicle 06-25-2002 Traditional henna body art is widespread among both dark...Malaysia, and Indonesia, people wear henna to celebrate holidays, marriages, and...luck and enhance beauty. Over half of the henna-using countries lie between the Tropic...
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Henna tattoos catching on at Indiana U.
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Molina works quickly, squeezing the brown henna paste onto the hand of the young woman...design at IU, was hired to give free henna tattoos during the two weeks of orientation at IU. She first discovered henna six years ago when she told her father...
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 "Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT)")
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Henna offers a body of art.
Newspaper article from: Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT); 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...was the picture of focus as she delved into the ancient art of henna, the practice of creating temporary body art from the crushed leaves of the henna plant. In some societies, henna is thought to bring good fortune and ward off evil. Dinal Doshi...
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Henna: Tattoo's hip alternative.(The Virginian-Pilot)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...16-year-old from Riverside, N.J. Henna was the hippest alternative. A plant whose...stains the skin for two to three weeks, henna has adorned the bodies of celebrities like...a month-old shop that lacks a name, henna is offered because Terri Parrish, the...
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 "The Nation (Thailand)")
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Henna Hands, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand); 7/22/1998; 700+ words
; ...22-1998 The traditional Indian art of henna tattooing has caught the attention of the...gaining popularity in the West, such as henna tattoos. Over the last few years, Western...flaunting their intricately adorned hands. Henna has been featured in such international...
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 "Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)")
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Henna makes its mark on special days.
Newspaper article from: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 7/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...Fatma Salem, Staff Reporter Dubai: Henna is considered a basic element for women's make-up. It's made from leaves of the henna tree which women usually collect, grind...hot water and leaving for fermentation. Henna can also be bought ready-made from salons...
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HENNA TATTOO IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOUVENIR.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...love her," said Nicole, of Pittsburgh. Henna tattoos - not permanent - are a summer...Steve Clark is known to customers as "Henna Steve.'' He opened the shop last summer, after three years of experience with henna tattoos in Panama City, Fla. Seeing how...
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 "Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)")
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Henna tattoos grow in popularity in Atlantic Beach, N.C.
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Jacksonville, NC); 7/23/2005; 700+ words
; Jul. 23--Henna tattoos are popular this summer at the Beach Mart in Atlantic...adverse reactions from the application of those marketed as "black henna tattoos." Black henna may contain a chemical called paraphenylenediamine -- PPD, for...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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HENNA TATTOOS TEMPORARY ADORNMENT A BELOVED CULTURAL RITUAL.(SAVVY)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 8/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...friends - and decorate their skin with henna. Leaves of this shrub-like plant are...elaborately decorated. A professional henna artist may spend three or four hours on...and ankles. The other women will apply henna to each other, usually just on the hands...
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Henna Tattoos Can Cause Allergic Contact Dermatitis.
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 5/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; SAN FRANCISCO -- Normally, a henna "tattoo" would be a delight for any physician...decorations in Islamic and Indian cultures, henna skin drawings are increasingly popular...hypersensitivity in some people applying henna paste to their skin. Worse yet, the formulas...
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Henna Stains
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Henna Stains Areddish powder or paste made from the dried leaves of the henna bush, known by the scientific name of Lawsonia inermis, henna has been used to decorate the human body for thousands of years. Many historians believe that henna could...
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Henna
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Henna Henna, species Lawsonia intermis of the family Lythracea, is a perennial shrub that grows wild in northern Africa and southern Asia. The name henna, which comes from the Arabic word al kenna , refers to both the plant and...
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henna
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
henna name for a reddish or black hair dye obtained from...leaves and young shoots of the mignonette tree, or henna shrub ( Lawsonia inermis ), an Old World shrub of the loosestrife family. Henna dye has long been in use, as evidenced by Egyptian...
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Piercing and Tattoos
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...tattooing of the skin with a paste made of henna has become popular America and around the world. Henna is a stain normally made for hair, and therefore...safe because it does not pierce the skin, henna tattoos using black henna, a paste that contains...
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Hair Dye
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...bark, saffron, myrrh, and turmeric. Henna was known in many parts of the world...as a fabric dye, could be combined with henna to make light brown to black shades of...and it was often used in combination with henna. So-called amino dyes were developed...
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