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Besides being the key ingredient in mehndi, henna has also

Besides being the key ingredient in mehndi, henna has also been used to dye the manes and hooves of horses;  to color wool, silk, and animal skins; and to color men’s beards. Studies of mummies dating back to 1200 BC show that henna was used on the hair and nails of the pharaohs. When the henna plant’s cooling properties were discovered it became very common for the desert people in India to paint their skin and cool down their body temperatures.

The whole party then left for the school building, the w

The whole party then left for the school building, the women crying. There the priest chanted more invocations in front of another fire, and Nandu made a sindoor – a vertical, vermilion streak, symbolising the state of marriage – from the top of Rekha’s forehead into her parting. Hindu women, in rural Rajasthan at least, apply this mark every morning of their married life. (If they are widowed, the sindoor is no longer applied, and other marks of married womanhood, such as jewelled toe-rings, permanently removed.) After this final stage of the ceremony, the bride and groom were untied, and the bride’s party (including Helena and I) made our way back to the house alone. We waited outside while Usha, trying to control her tears, fetched a jug of salty water, which she poured in the corners of the doorway to ward off evil. The family went inside, and Helen and I walked back to our room. It was 4am and I felt numb.