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Mehndi
Designs
No wedding is ever
complete without the mehendi
in Asian countries like Pakistan. Whichever
part of the country the bride may be from,
her hands are adorned with the lovely
red hue of the mehndi.
These days beauty parlors have special
bridal mehendi packs, the brides have
a choice between the Pakistani mehendi
(which covers pretty much most of the
palm) and the Arabic mehendi (in which
the pattern is drawn to one side of the
hand). The cost of applying the mehendi
may vary from parlor to parlor and city
to city.
Mehndi is
associated to lots of things,
a good dark design is a sign of good luck
for the marital couple. It is common for
the names of the bride and groom to be
hidden in the mehndi design; and the wedding
night cannot commence until the groom
has found the names. Some examples of
popular traditional images used in mehndi
designs are the peacock, which is the
national bird if India, the lotus flower,
and an elephant with a raised trunk, which
is a symbol of good luck.
From adorning brides' hands, to being
used to make hip tattoos on arms and bellies,
Mehendi / Mehndi or Henna has gone international.
Once a typically Pakistani custom and
an indispensable part of a brides makeup,
Mehendi has gone cosmopolitan thanks to
the attention it gets through stars like
Madonna, No Doubt and Bjork.
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