I was watching an Anthropology video for my college class @ home & they pointed it out in the video that the 2 middle school boys were going to school w/talcum powder on their faces, but not the reason why they were doing so.
2007-02-27 08:48:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Maybe they had a rash?
2007-02-27 08:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some superstitious people believe that talcum powder on the face purifies the bloodstream...
2007-02-27 16:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anne 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rash.
In the Bahamas we overdo it, white powder creeping out under collars...we swear by it...like its some cure all.
Maybe they think like Bahamians.
2007-02-27 16:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by HollyBean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. That conjures funny images...Talcum powder is an English abomination- to absorb sweat. Isn't it?
2007-02-27 16:55:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It may have been for their "Day of the Dead" celebration.
2007-02-27 16:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
iv never heard of that
2007-02-27 16:57:27 · answer #6 · answered by la naca 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋