maKhsuusWednesday, January 18, 2006
more Mehendi...I woke up early the next day. Took a shower and was ready for breakfast. She and her family were called for breakfast. She was wearing red. She looked stunningly beautiful.
She was
very happy to see the colour and design of her mehendi. It all looked beautiful. After breakfast and stuff, she was ready again to get mehendi applied on her feet now. My friend's wife came on time to do her job. My relatives from other cities, who were invited to attend our nikah, started coming early in the morning. Atmosphere in the house was more lively and more chaotic than the day before. The expressions on every ones face after meeting with her made me feel more happy, more proud, more confident and more relieved.
There were no books for designs of mehendi on feet. It was sort of a panic situation. Mom started making calls to everyone she know who could have a mehendi book but all in vain. Fatee then explained some design of her own to my friend's wife. She got the idea about what she wanted.
It took more time to apply on feet than to apply on hands or may be i felt it that way. I was too bored looking at it I guess. I really salute these two ladies for their patience, my friend's wife for patience to understand what she wants and to apply and Fatee's patience to sit there in one position and get it all done. I was busy taking pictures of everyone and busy eating something or the other.
The mehendi applier was a very creative lady. Instead of applying plain black layer on the soles, she made some chess like patterns. So that it gets dry soon and it looks different as well. The unfilled squares looked bland so some designs were put on those as well. Looked cool.
The mehendi was supposed to be done around lunch time to give enough time to let it dry and colours to appear before it was taken off at around seven in the evening, giving her enough time to get ready for the engagement.
Lunch was served, everyone got busy with preparations for the evening. There was too much to do and too little time left.
Saleem Pothiwala ::
11:09 AM ::
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