Bob and Joyce
Adventurers in India

2007

Joyce experiences Mehndi

Marcia experiences Mehndi

While in India we were invited to a wedding. One of the traditions is to invite women to join the bride to experience the art of mehndi. Joyce and Marcia agreed to have the henna applied to their hands. Here is what it looks like:

 

These two artists worked for over 6 hours - decorating not only Joyce and Marcia, but also the bride and other women in the wedding party.

After 10 days or so it had completely faded away to natural skin color.
For many days women complimented Joyce and Marcia on the beautiful body decoration
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