I finally got the guts Henna this area...

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Posted by Giselle on December 19, 1999 at 08:19:47:

*Grin*

Well, in the spirit of "If it don't move, henna it...", I hennaed that
body area that's not spoken of very often in finer circles... I showed
my fiance a sun that I hennaed 'round my belly button. It had four
rays coming out of it: left, right, up, down, and the ray pointing
down was actually a wavy arrow (Happy Trail Arrow, I guess you could
call it!).

Well, his reaction was like, "Oh, that's nice, dear..."

I then dropped my knickers to show 'im exactly what the arrow was
pointing at! Another secret henna design of trapezoidal properties.
*Chuckle* I LOVED THE REACTION!!! Eyeballs popping out all over the
place as if they were on springs.

What I liked is that henna took really well there (must be heaven for
the mehndi -- perfect climate of heat and humidity). And I like the
limit of the area, that nice upside trapezoid.

Oh, I love MEHNDI!! It's like a calculus equation, because even within
a limit you can reach infinite possibilities.

Just wanted to share that bit of info. It's great fun busting out of
the norm' and escaping the boundaries of conformity.

By the way, anyone see the National Geographic for November? It had a
section on African wedding traditions (of course, henna popped up as
one of the traditions). However, there is one tribe in Africa that
when the girl is going to meet her future husband, the females of his
family will throw insults at her (apparently being called a "short
pygmy" is the worst thing to call a person...), and (I love this)
they'll slap COW DUNG on her head!!! I had to read that three times
through to make sure I read it right. How well she handles the tirade
of insults and marauding cow stool is how well she'll be able to
handle marriage.

You know, I respect other traditions that are out there in the world,
but sometimes I'm just really glad to be an American.

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