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Sunday column. If your
business or charity is plan-
ning a fashion show, send
in your information as early
as possible to the North
Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale
Ave., North Vancouver,
B.C., V7M 2H4. Priority is
given to fundraising fashion
events and fashion shows
taking place’ on the North
Shore.

To Sunday, April 18: The Body
Shop; Lonsdale - Quay, North
Vancouver is- holding a clothing
drive. Professional-style clothing
is especially needed and will be
donated to young single mothers
through the YWCA’s Focus pro-
gram. Also, $2 from the sale of
each’ “‘Light..a Fire Under the

Powers That Be’’ T-shirt will be
donated to Focus. Phone The
Body Shop at 984-7273 for more
info.

Monday, April 12: Part-time day
and evening classes in fashion
merchandising and design com-
mence today at the Blanche Muc-
donald Institute. Courses in inte-
tior design, fashion journalism,
fashion show production, styling,
and pattern-making «re available.

Please call 685-0347 for more in-

fo.

Tuesdays: Sewers of all levels are
encouraged to join the sewing
studio at Karen Magnussen rec-
Centre, 937 Lynn Valley Road,
North Van, which meets every
Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
in the Eagle Room. Contact Marie
Querns at 987-4923 for more info.

Thursday, April 15: Barefoot &

Elegant, a fashion show of
swimwear, lingerie and dresses
from Cameo Fashions, will take
place at the Avalon hotel’s L.A:
Tavern, 1025 Marine Dr., North
Vancouver, starting at 9 p.m.
Admission is free, but limited to

those over 19 years of age due te:

licensed premises. A 10% discount
on fashions will be offered after
the show. For more info, phone
event organizer Victor Dino at
682-8842. .

To Sunday, May 30: The Cana-
dian Craft Museum exhibits the
work of B.C. ceramicist Walter
Dexter. The exhibition showcases
reku, the traditional Japanese
form of porous ceramics, and ia-
cludes Dexter's most recent work,
a selection of earlier works
demonstrating his artistic devel-
opment, and a video of the master
potter in action. For hours and
info phone 687-8266.

eauty contest a tribal ritual

From page 14

tion, the patches served as sexual
beauty marks, and by. the early
18th century they carried silent
messages in a‘ language of their
own.

mouth indicated a willingness to
flirt;- placement at the lower cor-
ner of the eye revealed a burning
desire; positioning on a vsoman’s
‘right .cheek meant she was mar-
ried, on the left cheek Meant she
was ‘betrothed: °

Women would carry a supply of
patches with them in an elegantly
crafted and decorative little box

with a mirror inside, which later .

became the compact.
‘“*A woman could change her

spots at whim. Not only could she -

modulate the altentions of poten-
tial’ lovers. as the.,situation dic-

tated;* she: could -also’ hide emerg- :

ing zits.”* :
‘yy. For: men, patching became po-

litical. Those -on the Whigs. side’.

.-patched : only on ‘the sight while
:those’siding . .with.. the Tories
limited themselves to the left.”
“Science, eventually. brought pat-
. ches toa halt, sitice the discovery
of the ‘smallpox vaccine, introduc-
ed in 1776, reduced the incidence
“y a.

A patch positioned close.to the

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of pitting on the skin.
Later, real patches were replac-
ed by fakes, beauty marks made
by a dark cosmetic pencil.
A fourth item in All The Rage,
called ‘‘Wannabe Wodaabes,’’
describes a native

resides’ in central Niger called

Wodaabe, and its unusual beauty.

contest.

Though the wandering tribe of
50,000 people is in constant search
of grazing land and water for its
livestock, it takes’ time out for
many social functions: including
storytelling, dances and an
unusual contest.

For. the beauty contests, called
Geerewol, a group combining the
lineages of. the tribe
gathers. for a competitive dance. It |
is organized for eventual unions

-. between men, and. women of each

lineage. ° .

‘The «tribe compares * What -

- thought to. be afew of the most

important “human -qualities :
beauty, charm and personality.
Wodaabes have a ‘strict. set of

‘criteria’ for: physical beauty: which
-includes a‘ high forehead, aquiline

nose, large eyes, white teeth:and a
swanlike neck. But the tribe insists
this. -must be accompanied | by,

tribe which-

charm and personality.

The. women feel that spiritual
qualities such as modesty and
reserve, forethought and patience
cultivate the best character.

The Geerewol contestants primp
and preen for hours before the
pageant, donning jewelry | and
elaborate headbands, and wrap-

ping their bodies in tight skirts ,

which — provocatively reveal the
legs.

_ The lips and eyelids are blacked
with kohl to accent the white teeth
and large eyes, the skin is lighten-

ed: with powder, a‘ long. yellow .

streak accents the nose, and the,
hairline is shaved.
The. contestants then, form a

_ chorus line, and as they approach: -
the judges ° and. audience, | they. .
_Inake ‘exaggerated movements of -

grinning, pursing their lips; rolling

their eyes and. smiling fetchingly
to: impress the judges with their.

magnetism.

While others poke, prod and-

heckle the contestants,: the judges,
who” are unmarried beautiful
women, indicate their choices.
The ‘only real difference . be-
tween our Western pageants and

theirs is that all of the Geerewol.:—
’ contestants are male.

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