Get a temporary henna tattoo, and note that parent permission is required. Supplies are limited; sign-up required, up to one week in advance of program.
The different words for henna in ancient languages imply that henna had more than one point of discovery and origin, and different pathways of daily and ceremonial use.
Henna has been used to adorn young women?s bodies as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.
Many statuettes of young women dating between 1500 and 500 BCE along the Mediterranean coastline have raised hands with markings consistent with henna. This early connection between young, fertile women and henna seems to be the origin of the Night of the Henna, which is now celebrated world-wide. The Night of the Henna was celebrated by most groups in the areas where henna grew naturally: Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Zoroastrians, among others, all celebrated marriages by adorning the bride, and often the groom, with henna.
Admission: Free
Location: Oak Park Library, 2802 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92105-4941
For more information:
Phone: 619-527-3406
or
Visit: eventkeeper.com
For more information about henna as body art see: wikipedia/Traditions_of_henna_as_body_art
The different words for henna in ancient languages imply that henna had more than one point of discovery and origin, and different pathways of daily and ceremonial use.
Henna has been used to adorn young women?s bodies as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean.
Many statuettes of young women dating between 1500 and 500 BCE along the Mediterranean coastline have raised hands with markings consistent with henna. This early connection between young, fertile women and henna seems to be the origin of the Night of the Henna, which is now celebrated world-wide. The Night of the Henna was celebrated by most groups in the areas where henna grew naturally: Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Zoroastrians, among others, all celebrated marriages by adorning the bride, and often the groom, with henna.
Admission: Free
Location: Oak Park Library, 2802 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92105-4941
For more information:
Phone: 619-527-3406
or
Visit: eventkeeper.com
For more information about henna as body art see: wikipedia/Traditions_of_henna_as_body_art
