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I wonder if henna is common in other cultures.
Henna, as an ancestral cultural aspect and a very ancient form of spiritual expression through skin/hair temporal modification, is shared by many cultures around the globe (adding its variants and/or different materials), practically the whole planet:
- African cultures (Tutsi, Mandinga, Zulu, Yombe, Bakongo, Yoruba, etc.)
- Middle east (Kurds, Bahrani, Turkmens, Zangana, Persian -huge diverse group-, etc.)
- European (Celts/Vikings - both huge groups-, Slavics -idem-, etc.)
- Asian (Hmong, Telugu, Ainu, Yakuts, Dravidian, Tai, Rajasthani, Maori, Uzbek, Wa, etc.)
- North american (Hopi, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Creek, Kiowa, Sioux, Blackfoot, etc.)
- Mesoamerican / Andinian (Aztec, Olmec, Toltec, Mayan, Nazca, Moche, Tiauanaco, etc.)
Just to name a few... and I mean A FEW!
We could say (safely) there are actually two universal things:
An interesting fact is that some ethnic groups doesn't have (or didn't need, better said) a form of writting, yet they developed diverse forms of musical language and plastic art endeavours, including henna.
Sorry for long post... I'm an Art Educator (history/sociology) and I kinda love this subject and could write endlessly about this: I'm all hyped and hyperactive right now. I could say I'm in
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I wonder if henna is common in other cultures.
Henna, as an ancestral cultural aspect and a very ancient form of spiritual expression through skin/hair temporal modification, is shared by many cultures around the globe (adding its variants and/or different materials), practically the whole planet:
- African cultures (Tutsi, Mandinga, Zulu, Yombe, Bakongo, Yoruba, etc.)
- Middle east (Kurds, Bahrani, Turkmens, Zangana, Persian -huge diverse group-, etc.)
- European (Celts/Vikings - both huge groups-, Slavics -idem-, etc.)
- Asian (Hmong, Telugu, Ainu, Yakuts, Dravidian, Tai, Rajasthani, Maori, Uzbek, Wa, etc.)
- North american (Hopi, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Creek, Kiowa, Sioux, Blackfoot, etc.)
- Mesoamerican / Andinian (Aztec, Olmec, Toltec, Mayan, Nazca, Moche, Tiauanaco, etc.)
Just to name a few... and I mean A FEW!
We could say (safely) there are actually two universal things:
body modification
and
music
. All cultures (to date) share these two at any degree or form.
An interesting fact is that some ethnic groups doesn't have (or didn't need, better said) a form of writting, yet they developed diverse forms of musical language and plastic art endeavours, including henna.
Sorry for long post... I'm an Art Educator (history/sociology) and I kinda love this subject and could write endlessly about this: I'm all hyped and hyperactive right now. I could say I'm in
flames
... literally L0L.
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04-Feb-2016 16:11:17 - Last edited on 04-Feb-2016 16:16:38 by Igerna
