Tabaky A Beauty Treatment From Wood

Tabaky is made from the sapwood of the masonjoany and fihamy (also called avlavy) trees. The procedure is simple. A woman rubs a small piece of sapwood against a flat stone, slowly adding a fe drops of water at a time to form a paste. She may then dad a small wooden or plastic stick with a rounded end or a fine point into the paste and draw a design on her face. The tabaky is found in the southwest portion of Madagascar.