Saudi

The Saudi Arabia Culture



Material Aspects of Culture:



Art:

The piece of art in Saudi Arabia is henna. Henna is a design with a lot of patterns forming this one big design. The color of the henna is dark green while it is wet. But when the henna is dried up and then you peel it of the colors that you get on your hand are orange, dark brown, brown, black or maroon. Henna is semi liquid. Henna is made up of the paste of the plant leaves called Lawsonia.

The traditional uses of henna are to use it as dye for their hand, legs hair; even people used henna to dye their clothes. A very important method was used as a medical form; it was used as an antifungal and a disinfectant. When you would get cut in the olden times the people would spread henna paste over your cut do all the germs or at least a few would die. In the olden times in Saudi the flowers of the Lawsonia were used to make into perfumes. Henna has been used for a long time and we still use it in Saudi and other cultures have adapted it. As you know that henna is still used today. Henna is used at weddings, Eid festivals, special occasion, parties, weddings etc. If you got a Saudi wedding you will see the bride with a heavy design of henna and you would see the ladies have designs on their hands. If you notice at Eid the ladies have designs of henna on their hands and even on their legs. Both men and women use henna for a hair color. [] [] []

 Music  Food  Clothing  Religion  Literature  Holidays

Non-Material Aspects of Culture:

Ideas of Modesty  Ideas of Beauty  Child-Raising  Relationship to Animals  Ideas about Sin  Ideas of Justice  Ideas about Disease and Illness <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Roles Based on Age, Sex, Class, Job, etc. <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> How to Handle Emotions <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Attitudes Towards Family <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Conversational Norms <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Body Language <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Rites of Passage <span style="color: #00ff27; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Food