Henna tale I was thinking about basic tools of our everyday life like henna. The last few years, I’ve dyed my hair with it to get a beautiful ginger colour. How does it work? You need to get one part henna powder - which is basically the leaves of the henna plant grounded – and two-part hot water. Just mix it. After that only application needed with your hands to your hair – make sure it’s well-coated, put a shower hat on – to keep the posh in a warm environment, leave it for a few hours, rinse and you got your unique red-ginger hair colour – it depends on your original hair pigments. So I was wondering that this natural hair dye is around the same age as humanity. How did they “invent” it? I was thinking a lot of different ways how could they do it, but now I choose the most realistic one to tell, I believe. At the dawn of humanity, most of the people were nomad. Their life was a continuous journey with all beautifulness and ugliness. Sometimes they traveled from summer to winter and sometimes to monsoon. Their life was full of newness, hard times and nature. The food wasn’t always fresh and at times starving was normal. Despite and because of these predicaments, they wanted to explore, try unknown things out. So when women were on their daily gathering and one of them found a new plant, nobody was surprised. The temporary accommodation of the group lied next to the forest where women were and consisted of some tight, windy tents and latrines. In the middle of the “village” a roomy sweat-tent stand. The saman of the people used it utmost, but sometimes everyone enjoyed the sweltering hot and each other’s company. Just like that time, when the women arrived from the forest. They divided the usual gatherings and then started to try out the unknown plants and berries. When they reached the henna, first tasted it, but it was bitter. They thought, maybe it has some medical qualities, so grounded and left it. The night was windy and stormy and abandoned henna got a lot of water. The next morning, children played with the mud, they were tossing and got really coated with it. One of the children found the henna mixture and put it onto a small girl’s light hair. After that, they run into the sweat-tent to have fun. Obviously, after their parents washed the children, the little girl’s hair turned bright red. Everyone was out of their heads. They suspected witchcraft, but shortly they understood what really happened. Since then the group got the name: redheads.