Henna Mehndi मेहंदी

Mehndi, I bet everybody knows about this kind of art. In Aceh, it is a very popular things to do when a girl is getting married. Usually a few days before the ceremonial, the achenese girl would apply this on to her hands and feet. We called it "Boh Gaca". (Pakai pacar/inai). Achenese people knows henna as pacar or innai. 

Mehndi is an application of henna s a temporary form of skin decoration. Mehndi is coming from arabic, india and some african area. Of course it has its own style based on their culture. 

Henna is taken from a special leaves from a special tress that could produce color on our skin. Usually it will produce the red-maroon-orange color (depends on the skin). the stain of henna will be last for 1-2 week if it applies on the skin.

In Aceh, the use of inai become more popular than previous time. It happens, perhaps, the art design become more variances. The color use also change into brown and black. and it make the user look cool and great. 

Anyway, when i was teenager, i don't like this mehndi at all. maybe because its red color which is very hard to swipe away and the motif (Aceh motif) which usually flowery. I remember when my sister got married. she used that and actually i have a chance to use that also, but I refuse it.

But now, since the motif is so gorgeous, unique, and not flowety, i think i like it more than use to. With a brown color and india motif, i think, it would be a good choices for my mehndi in my wedding ceremony.. hhehe

Anyway, this art is very Halal, as is not clash with islamic rule. Unlike tatoo or any other coloring method, Henna absorb into the skin, so that it won't hinder the wudhu'.

And now, as i planning to use india motif for my wedding (in the future) i have a difficulty to find the right  henna person (especially in east Aceh). Hopefully i can find someone that really good in doing that thing.