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Me Indian Mehndi-Henna Patterns 2011

Henna for Eidmas
For our Eidmas celebrations (yes I call it Eidmas) I decorated people in a natural tattoo known as henna, or mehndi.
Henna is a paste dye made from the crushed leaves of a tropical mignonette tree. It's safe, temporary, leaves a stained color ranging from pale orange to terracotta brown and is a global Muslim tradition at festivals, particularly in South Asia and North Africa. And I'm Pakistani-Indian-African. Y'don't get more ethnically festive than that.

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The mehndi is still wet. Waiting for it to dry is just as frustrating as holding a henna cone from 2009 that leaks and should've been binned. Well done me for "waste management". The swirly pattern is a mixture of Indian and Arabic designs.

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My beautiful sister created this pattern on her own arm by herself. Kudos kiddo.

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A close up of the pattern shows leaves, petals and paisleys. You may copy these designs. Right click images to save and find them on flickr, link below.

Merry post-Eidmas. Please continue the Ramadan spirit by donating a small amount to charity each day and maintaining your prayers. Insha'Allah, God willing.

Images {Zaufishan on flickr}

4 comments:

  1. o0o0o so cool. I wish it was socially acceptable for guys to put on henna.

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  2. So you're saying that if you saw me walking around with bridal henna designs on me, you wouldn't judge me? Or maybe I can start a masculine henna fad hmm...

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  3. Dude, if you were to walk around in a dress, far be it from the likes of I and any human bean to think any less of you. However, a man in drag is haram, therefore limit your femininity to skin decorations however you wish. Be a man. Wear henna.

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