Sweet as a strawberry by lily

Sweet as a strawberry

I bought a a packet of strawberries and shared a couple of them with this little sweetheart :)

The yellow painting on the girls cheeks are thanaka. Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. It is a distinctive feature of Myanmar seen commonly applied to the face and sometimes the arms of women and girls and to a lesser extent men and boys. It is used both to make you look pretty and as a natural sunscreen.
The wood of several trees may be used to produce thanaka cream; common used tress include thee tree or wood apple. Thanaka trees are perennials, and a tree must be at least 35 years old before it is considered mature enough to yield good-quality cuttings. Thanaka in its natural state is sold as small logs individually or in bundles, but nowadays also available as a paste or in powder form.
Thanaka cream is made by grinding the bark, wood, or roots of a thanaka tree with a small amount water on a circular stone slab called kyauk pyin which has a channel round the rim for the water to drain into.
So photogenic. Lovely shot and thanks for the info too.
March 30th, 2013  
:) :) wonderful!!!
March 30th, 2013  
FAV Love this portrait. I worked with Myamar refugee children in KL for a year and absolutely loved them.
March 30th, 2013  
How interesting!
Wonderful shot of the little girl! She's a cutie.
March 30th, 2013  
Dude are you in Burma. Cool.
March 31st, 2013  
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