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Students stopped by the Nepalese Student Associations table to get henna tattoos. The event raised money for the annual Holi celebration.

Raising money for the Festival of Colors

Maiah Woodring, Staff Reporter February 27, 2019

The Nepalese Student Association brought a cultural art to the Student Union Breezeway to raise money for the annual Holi celebration, or Festival of Colors. For a minimum $5 price, students could stop...

In Nepalese culture, henna tattoos are often used for religious purposes and painted on brides, but it is not necessarily religious.

Ink, skin, purpose within

Breanna Rexwinkle , Staff Reporter November 6, 2018

The value of body art can run deeper than the skin. To some people, body art may be distracting or unattractive, but others find pride in it. Henna tattoos are forms of body art common in Eastern culture,...

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