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Henna glove

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Glove worn by the bride for the henna ritual taking place before her wedding.

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The henna ceremony is common among Jewish communities from Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, Persia and others.

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Bibliography

Azoulay, Danny. “The Jewish Henna Ceremony,” 30 April 2020.

Sienna, Noam. “Kina-What? Jewish Henna Traditions in Turkey,” 2013

Sienna, Noam. “Jewish Henna Traditions,”blog.

Sienna, Noam. “Henna.” Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, 2nd ed. (ed. Noam Stillman). Leiden: Brill, 2013.

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