Shaadi.ca » mehndi http://www.shaadi.ca South Asian Wedding Resources Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:33:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Mehndi http://www.shaadi.ca/mehndi-2/ http://www.shaadi.ca/mehndi-2/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:01:45 +0000 admin http://www.shaadi.ca/?p=72 This festive occasion, originally of Muslim origin, is usually held in the late afternoon. This is primarily a ladies tea-party; however the male relatives are allowed to be present. On the «mehndi», the future bride has her hands and feet intricately patterned with a paste which is a recipe of henna, oil, lemon juice and some water tinted with tea. The application of mehndi or henna takes about four hours to complete. Ideally, the bride-to-be should not wash her hands until the paste has completely dried. Invitees at the party also design each others hands with mehndi. Mehndi signifies the strength of love in a marriage. The darker the mehndi, the stronger the love.

]]> http://www.shaadi.ca/mehndi-2/feed/ 0 Mehndi http://www.shaadi.ca/mehndi/ http://www.shaadi.ca/mehndi/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:05:21 +0000 admin http://www.shaadi.ca/?p=6 The Mehndi (henna) ceremony is held at the home of the bride-to-be on the eve of the wedding ceremony or a couple of days before it.

The female relatives of the girl anoint her with turmeric paste. A relative or a mehndiwali (henna artist) applies mehndi on the hands and feet of the bride-to-be, in thin artistic patterns. The mehndi is traditionally kept overnight to obtain a dark hue.

The event has a festive feel to it with the women singing traditional songs.

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