Mehndi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as expatriate communities from these countries.
The Mehndi decorations became fashionable in the West in the 1990s, where it is sometimes called henna tattoos. Henna is typically applied during special occasions like weddings and Muslim holidays.
In some Hindu festivals, women like to wear decorations henna on hands and feet.
In the modern era, usually people buy henna cones already done, and ready to use what makes easier its implementation. However, in rural India, women grind leaves fresh henna on the sil (grinding stone), adding oil, although not as refined as cones henna professionally prepared, get much darker colors. The term "henna tattoo" is figured, because the real surgical tattoos are permanent inserts pigments under the skin, unlike pigments resting on the surface, as is the case Mehndi.
Behold. Here we find an incredible gallery of traditional mehndi patterns :
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