Black Hands?


I couldn't believe this hadn't been asked yet. Why did the mother in law have black palms and fingertips?

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No, I'm talking about the palms of her hands, they looked like she had been crushing grapes. The entire palm was solid black, no design.

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We watched this movie in French class and we asked our teacher the same question. He said that they are indeed henna tattoos, but because of the amount of work with her hands Aicha had to do over her lifetime (I know she's lazy now but she used to be young too!) they became ruined. Drawing over the same place several times with different designs, and having them become ruined and smudged over and over would cause the stains she had.

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