Indian Wedding Mehendi Celebration
Indian people are ardent lovers of beauty and culture. As one of the oldest civilizations in the world, India has the most colorful traditions for weddings, which include dance, music, and beautiful rituals. One of these is the Mehendi Ceremony which is a pre-wedding practice. Mehendi is an integral part of the Indian wedding and the bride’s beauty and wedding décor is not complete unless she is adorned with it.
The mehendi ceremony is usually thrown by the bride’s family and includes close family and friends. Traditionally only women attended the ceremony and the bride is not allowed to leave her home until her wedding day once she has had her mehendi ceremony. However, with modern times the scale of the mehendi ceremony really depends on the size of the wedding.
During a mehendi ceremony women will sit around the bride and sing joyous wedding songs. All the women participate in having mehendi or henna paste applied to their hands and the bride has elaborate henna designs applied to her hands and feet. Usually skilled henna artists are invited to apply the henna or mehendi to the bride. It is an old belief that the darker the henna color turns out to be the more her husband will love her. It is also said that the longer the bride retains the mehendi, the more auspicious will be her future.
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When planning an Indian wedding mehendi ceremony remember that it is colorful. Traditionally green is the focal color for the Indian wedding celebration. The bride will wear green and incorporating green into the invitations and décor would coordinate the entire event well. As an Indian wedding is generally very colorful, selecting a solid main color such as green will make it stand out from all the other celebrations that are also part of the Indian wedding traditions.
The mehendi ceremony is a fun filled ritual which is held to give blessings to the bride as well as for entertainment. The ritual of mehendi signifies strength and power of love in a marriage and is an irreplaceable part of Indian weddings. |
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