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How Henna Party is celebrated in India and what is its significance

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Siddharth Herbs
How Henna Party is celebrated in India and what is its significance

Today in India since long, both brides and grooms decorate their hands and feet with mehndi designs to bring happiness and success into their marriage. Instead of doing it the night before, the mehndi is added days before as, according to superstition, the darker the color of the henna, the more love will develop between the two. As such, families prioritize the henna party over the other smaller customs, creating grand festival-like parties just to host the mehndi ceremony using Mehendi powder by the Henna manufacturer in India.

The designs used in mehndi are elaborative and significant. Drawing a certain design means the couple is hoping for certain aspects they wish to receive during their marriage. Various designs are there and each design has its specific meaning.

A mandala flower is an intricate weaving of lines that form a circle similar to an open flower. This blesses a bride with a balanced life, making it the most commonly drawn design. However, due to the intricacy of mandalas even outside of mehndi, one bride’s mandala mehndi will almost always look different from those made for other brides.

A peacock design highlights the beauty, guidance, and protection. A bride with a peacock mehndi is blessed with long life and beauty for herself and her future children. In comparison, a simple bird design also highlights beauty as well as the bride’s free spirit.

Flowers represent happiness, joy, and sensuality, and is the favorite of many young brides. Flower mehndi can also mean something else depending on the type of flower drawn. A lotus flower, for example, symbolizes purity, divine beauty, and a woman’s connection to her soul.

While it may just be a means to a safe temporary tattoo, the practice of henna tattoos date back thousands of years and entails a long-standing tradition in marriages in parts of Asia and Africa. And while tattoos can also have their significance, it is interesting to see how much ceremony is placed into an old wedding custom that has evolved and survived to this day.

 

 

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