Wednesday, June 9, 2010
2. Hennaed Hands, India
For hundreds of years, women in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have decorated their bodies with designs painted with a paste made from henna leaves, a practice called mehndi in India. Trendy in recent years, the lacework decorations are part of a tradition of creating designs to ward off evil or declare one’s happiness.
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