continuously at a circular motion with body pressure. Because of the
friction of water soaked whetstone and the Thanaka wood bark the paste
forms on the whetstone. When the enough paste of Thanaka deposited on
the whetstone, it has collected by forefinger and apply on the face and
body. It should say Thanaka is the gift of the Saint to Myanmar women.
Because Thanaka trees are very hardly thrive well on non-fertile soil of
Upper Myanmar arid region where there has a little rainfall. Thanaka trees are perennials and the age must be 35 years old to be mature enough to yield good quality cuttings.