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23 Jan 2003, Sudan --- Decorating with henna in Omdurman, Sudan. The thick paste, prepared from the Lawsonia shrub, is applied through a small hole in the end of a twist of plastic. Dried and fixed in smoke from a charcoal brazier - the pattern can last a couple of weeks if not washed vigorously. In Sudanese as in many middle-eastern and Indian cultures - henna decoration on hands and feet is exclusively for married women --- Image by Michael Freeman/Corbis |
