History of women applying nail polish, red lips and hair

Nowadays, women of all nationalities, from early to middle age, and some women become grandmothers, still paint their fingernails, toenails, red lips, and if there is a wedding party, they always raise their hair in a bouquet with artificial flowers.

When asked where this tradition came from? He did not know, so I try to research and present it now.

In the Angkorian era, kings, queens, and royal families, before going out, used to apply red paint to the palms of their hands, the soles of the feet (palms, soles of the feet) and wear rings on all 10 fingers. For aristocratic women in the ranks of the millionaire Kodompik officials: women are also allowed to paint their palms and soles of their feet like royalty, but men are not allowed to paint.

For hair extensions, men who keep their hair long also pray with a hair clip or "tie" made of gold to keep the hair from falling out. Later, he stopped painting the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet with only 20 nails.

This tradition is modeled on the teacher Samma Samput because he has a great man, characteristic (male) different from ordinary people. There are 32 characteristics, especially the 20 nails (nails) are red by birth, the lips (lips) are red, smell from the mouth like the smell of flowers when he Words or sermons.

When he went to build a pagoda, he cut his long hair with the remaining number of khans, and it turned into a series of interconnected spells, becoming a molei (hair follicle or top hair clipper) and did not grow again until he entered Nirvana. During the reign of King Ashoka the Great of the Continent in 218 BC, this emperor sent envoys to spread Buddhism all over the world.

Separately, two monks named Son Katather and Oddar Ther were invited to preach in Sovannaphum, including Nokor Kork Thlok.

During the reigns of Srey Mear: (Fan Jayaman) and Kaundin Jayavarman, he practiced Hinayana Buddhism, but in the reign of Jayavarman VII and Queen Indra Devi, he followed the Mahayana sect. The method of painting the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet also gradually changed to the application of nails and lips.

Even women in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the source of Buddhism, paint their nails and lips red like a parrot's beak. If Buddhism spreads to any country, the women of that country dress up and follow the example of all the gods for glory, even if they follow Jesus.

Nowadays, nail polish is more scientifically advanced, distorted into blue, yellow, and lost its original form, which used to be modeled on the Buddha's teachings. Therefore, if Cambodian women want the tradition of nail polish to return, they should only apply red paint, red lips, hair, cabbage, and not beyond this….