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MEHENDI LEHENGAS: Occasion Wear by Frontier Raas
Celebrations in an Indian wedding ceremony begin with the mehendi formal procedure. From the bride-to-be, to all gather together for a fun-filled evening/noon, while females enjoy adorning their hands with beautiful and abstract henna design patterns.
The entire Mehendi ritual is a fun-filled affair with related folk and close-friends of the bride and the groom taking part in it. Although mehendi and other ceremonies are a fun filled pre-wedding ritual, the mehendi ceremony also holds an innate cultural significance to Indian marriages.
MEHENDI ART & ITS PAST
Mehendi also known as Henna is documented as the archival form of body art known to exist. The term ‘mehendi’ originates from Sanskrit, ‘mendhika’, a word that refers to the henna plant itself. The handling and usage of mehendi dates back many centuries to the time preceding the Vedic Age. Archival documentation points towards henna being used in mummification have also been found, it is also assumed that the decadent princess, Cleopatra adorned henna to paint her body.
Why is applying Mehendi a Traditional Ritual?
The bride and the groom getting henna applied before the wedding is one of the oldest Indian Wedding Customs. The Elaborate and intricate application of designs on a bride’s hands and feet is one out of the solah sringar that the to-be bride is expected of. Where for the groom application of mehendi is a token that assures good omen and luck. Mehendi, represents the sacred union of marriage and therefore, is denoted as “shagun” (auspicious). It suggests the bond of love connecting the couple and their kin. Mehendi is also known for its medicinal properties in the Indian science of Arurveda. It has a cooling effect is considered that soothes stress, headaches and fever. Perhaps the whole ceremony of mehendi is sorted for the bride and the groom to rid and relieve them off the wedding blues.
The Mehendi Ceremony
A rich, harmonious and dynamic Pre- wedding celebration. A day when the bride and groom are visited with friends and famili who bestow them with blessings for them to start a new journey. Held a day before the wedding the conjoined with the sangeet ceremony with traditional wedding songs and dholak beats.
The unique mehendi ceremony unquestionably adds more colour to the wedding celebrations. But more than that, the inherent cultural implication involved also makes it a signature of an Indian bride’s distinctiveness.
What to wear for the Mehendi Ceremony?
Weddings are just about everyone’s most unusual, important and special chapters in life. Indian weddings are elaborate and often larger than life experience. These big-fat Indian weddings last over expanse of days with a series of numerous rituals and scores of functions majorly like sangeet, mehendi, haldi, cocktails, reception etc.
The preparations for each of these ceremonies start months prior with venue bookings, picking out the ceremony outfits, picking out the customized intricate henna designs. Brides and grooms go all out on their weddings to find the right outfit for all of their ceremonies. The friends and families also start scouting for outits to fit the theme and indulge in the ceremonies and look outstanding. When you think of the mehendi ceremony your minds flashes an image of a quintessential bride covered in elbow deep and knee high henna designs. With so much henna it is important to invest in an outfit that is beautiful yet practical for the hours of mehendi application and then hours of it drying up along with the dancing and the frolic Choosing the correct Mehendi lehenga is essential. For as a bride you will eventually have to sit for lengthy hours while you get all laded with the auspicious and intricate henna.
Make sure you choose a light weighing designer bridal lehenga for your mehendi so that it becomes eiser for you to manage it with all that henna. Choose fits and cuts that are short sleeved and manageable so that you do not end up smearing all that good design on to your ensemble. It is beyond essential for the bridemaids to choose fuss free fancy lehenga from our bridemaid lehenga selection for mehendi as well for it is the day when the bride needs most of your assistance handling and feeding her through the long hours.
Mehendi ceremony is usually commenced in the day perhaps you can opt for fun and quirky colors or simply opt for the quintessential green lehenga. Or perhaps style your intricate henna with a silk lehenga or a banarsi lehenga. If you’re a bride who is planning to wear a lehenga for reception then worry not for Frontier Raas brings a wide selection of designer ethnic wear and crafted designer red bridal lehenga for you to choose for each of your ceremony and to look like the traditional Indian bride.
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