The Colour of China is Red — Henna Red

Sun, 17 Jun 2001 06:26:10 +0000

July 31: Madonna, the international pop star, was among the first to use henna as an international fashion. But young people around the world are using more and more of it to beautify their bodies or their hair. And now even the Chinese have adopted it in a big way.

The Colour of China is Red — Henna Red [Illustration by Sudheer Nath]

Call it henna or call it ‘mehndi’, that coffee-coloured extract from the henna plant, which has been used down the ages in India as a beauty aid.

Henna Culture on Pitara Kids Network

The Colour of China is Red — Henna Red