"Henna" Top 5 Page for this destination Rabat Local Custom Tip by Doctor38

For 30 dh you can have something similar to this tattoo painted to you hands. You'll find them at the Ouedaia’s Andalusian garden. It will take around 20 minutes for the process. It will take few hours for the Henna to dry out. The color will last few days.

Henna is prepared in various ways. Some people just add boiled water. Some add herbs and spices. Some add petroleum products or dyes. Henna is used by both men and women esp. to dye white hair. Henna is still used in weddings. There is a special night called the Henna night in most Middle Eastern countries and the Indian Sub-continent. Henna is also used in religious celebrations in Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Hindu festivities. Henna has lots of medicinal values and is very popular in alternative medicine.

Trace’s of Henna was found on women as far as the Bronze Age in Syria. Henna was first mentioned in Historical text of Ugarit around 2000 B.C. Ugarit is located near Ladhiqyya in modern day Syria, in connection with the fertility celebration. It was also mentioned that the goddess Manat used in celebration of the victory of her husband, the Phoenician God, Baal over his enemies.

Henna is known as Lawsonia inermis, It grows in Morroc, Middle East, the indian Sub-continent and Austeralia. Allergies to Henna are very very rare, when they do occur, the are of the mild skin rash type