Today I learned a little bit about Henna art from Sathyasri of Tamil Henna, here in Christchurch. We hosted a little workshop for Miss P and her friends to celebrate the end of the holidays.
Henna cools the body and is used commonly as decoration for brides.
While the woman is being decorated, for perhaps 4 hours, she can't move about...and then the henna needs at least 2 hours and preferably overnight for it to penetrate giving the deepest colouration...
...so she must...well, do not much...allowing a potentially highly-excited and busy bride-to-be some pretty good relaxation, downtime and nurture...how wonderful, I thought!
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