Re: I finally got the guts Henna this area...

Posted by sondarya on December 19, 1999 at 17:36:38:

In Reply to: I finally got the guts Henna this area... 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.

Well, I read the article. In India also still the same culture exist.
The design was nice. I tried the small version of the design on my
hand also. It looked nice.

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