Le corps et les rites de passage chez les femmes du Yémen

Among the many traditional substances and techniques, which Yemenite women use in rites of passage, I have chosen the following four: henna, the two black inks khiḍâb and ṣabr, and tattooing. Henna and khiḍâb mark the transition from the parents’ house to the authority of the husband, and to conjuga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanne Schönig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2006-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2974