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Traditional Henna Body Art

Fashion is more than just clothes. Adorn yourself with beautiful Henna tattoos. They are used in traditional Indian weddings and the custom is still practiced today! The movie Monsoon Wedding is a great film and is filled with extravagant Indian fashions.

Henna has been used to adorn young women’s bodies as part of social and holiday celebrations since the late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. The earliest text mentioning henna in the context of marriage and fertility celebrations comes from the Ugaritic legend of Baal and Anath, which has references to women marking themselves with henna in preparation to meet their husbands, and Anath adorning herself with henna to celebrate a victory over the enemies of Baal.