中文注释:这名妇女正在她用来举行仪式的手上装饰一种带网格的指甲花,而这只手先前已经绘制了有涡纹图案的蕾丝。指甲花来源于一种名为Lawsonia inermis的灌木的叶子。把这种灌木的叶子晒干,磨成粉,然后混上水,最后抹在皮肤上,过几天甚至几周后,等颜色从皮肤上消退后就制成指甲花。这种装饰早在几世纪前的古埃及已经盛行,直到今天仍然流行于西迁的居民之中。 作者: Cary Wolinsky
指甲花 手 新德里 印度 图片故事:高清壁纸:英文注释:Henna Hand, New Delhi, India, 1996A woman applies a delicate grid of henna paste to a celebrant's hand already painted with lacy paisleys. Henna comes from the leaves of a shrub, Lawsonia inermis, that have been dried, ground to a powder, and mixed with water. The dye, which fades from the skin after a few days or weeks, is as popular today with Western trend-setters as it was centuries ago in ancient Egypt. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine) 随机推荐: |
