The last month has been some sort of special month where every Monday good Hindu ladies fast and pray for their husbands and men in their life... not sure if I wrote this before, but basically they fast so that their men will have a long life, and they wont be left widows.
Another part of the month for ladies is having mahindi or henna applied to your hands... so one day after work last week I went with some friends to get it done... it was fun, and seems to last quite a while, although it is slowly fading now... photos below!
Another part of the month for ladies is having mahindi or henna applied to your hands... so one day after work last week I went with some friends to get it done... it was fun, and seems to last quite a while, although it is slowly fading now... photos below!
before we get our hands done Rajani and Radhika munch down on some yummy street food!
Looks like some weird marriage proposal moment
They apply the henna and then it has to dry for about 2+ hrs. This makes doing anything involving the use of hands impossible without causing smear-age. I opted for less henna than my friends so that I would be able to open the door of my house and eat dinner etc. I think I had 3 "clean fingers" which helped!
They apply the henna and then it has to dry for about 2+ hrs. This makes doing anything involving the use of hands impossible without causing smear-age. I opted for less henna than my friends so that I would be able to open the door of my house and eat dinner etc. I think I had 3 "clean fingers" which helped!
Finished results! Henna all dried and washed off leaving a random (corporate) orange stain. My hands are the pasty white ones in case you couldn't work that out!
As you can see, significantly less henna on my hands!!
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