Mehndi is a beautiful event that precedes the final day of your wedding. Like any other revelry, mehndi night also requires a lot of planning when it comes to decor, music, food, and finding the right henna artists. But if there’s one thing you don’t need to worry about, it’s the outfit that you are going to adorn. We have curated a list of 10 mehendi dress ideas for you to tick off your to-do list. Before that, let’s see the significance of the mehndi ritual that almost every culture follows in South Asia.
History Of Mehndi Night
The tradition of a mehndi night on the eve of the wedding dates back to the Mughal era when brides and grooms were adorned in extravagant outfits, stunning jewellery, and expensive scents as their hands and legs would get decked with beautiful henna patterns. More than its aesthetic appeal, applying mehndi to the hands and legs has other benefits. Topical mehndi is made by crushing mehndi leaves into a thick paste. When dried and peeled off, this paste leaves behind an elegant reddish-maroon hue. Mehendi is applied with a cone to produce beautiful, detailed designs, and it has a cooling effect when applied to the fingertips. When you cover the cool henna on the fingertips it calms the nerves down of the anxiety-ridden bride and groom.
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