See Michael (migueltio.wordpress.com), down here in India Mehendi is a girlie thing when it comes to applying it to body, men apply it to hair to hide their gray hair and Muslim men apply it to their beard too, that is the only use of Mehendi to men.
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there are other regional Indian cultures like Marwaris… the men applies it to hands too! specially during celebrations !
I have seen in lot of movies about muslim men applying henna on marriage day… that is it, this info about Marwaris was new and surprise! thanks.
Interesting Mehendi pattern:)
thanks V, not much of an expert but love it anyway! especially its fragrance in palms 🙂
Interesting bit of information here.
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Looks beautiful. Did you do this yourself?
yes, Mehendi is a art, I have some friends who are total artist in this field! Mehendi truly is a very enchanting art!