Henna questions

cdeshane · September 2009

You could also do it just on your feet, so it doesn't really show. I agree, I would do it on my feet but probably not hands. Your hands are going to be in a lot of photo's and you may not want to explain why you have it on your hands when it is not part of your culture for the next 40 years. But I would basically ask someone of that culture if they would find it disrespectful. I had a coworker go overseas, don't remember which country, and she came back with it on her feet, it looked really cool.

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

I had a henna the night of the mikvah before the wedding. It is also a Sephardic Jewish custom and my aunts threw it. I only had a dab of henna on my hands and feet because I am not into it. I remember a few years ago, it was a style and there were tattoo places here doing it. Like LeFemme said, it is more superstition than anything.

Brie2010 · September 2009

Huh, that's interesting, LaFemme and Larissa. I had no idea.[img]<a href="http://tinyurl.com/mwzr6z" rel='nofollow'>http://tinyurl.com/mwzr6z</a>[/img]

LarissaAnn · September 2009

Well, I feel vaguely better about not knowing now. I'm ashkenazi. Still. It's something I should know.

ring_pop · September 2009

I did it! I just did a bit because although DH is Indian, we didn't have a full out Indian wedding and I didn't wear any Indian attire.[img]http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/adriane522/avblog-23.jpg[/img]I think its appropriateness depends on a couple of things.If anyone asks you what it is and why you did it, and you can tell them that you understand the tradition and a good reason you feel connected to this tradition, then that's good.For example, a knottie on my club board and her hubby are both Caucasian, but they incorporated Japanese paper cranes into their ceremony. But they met while working in Japan and obviously have a strong tie to the country and its traditions.It also depends on your audience - how culturally exposed/open/sensitive they are.

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

I'm mostly Ashkenazi but have a lot of Sephardi family in Haifa where we were married.

LarissaAnn · September 2009

I have family in Haifa too, but have never been to Israel. I think that's amazing that you got married there. I need to go at some point. My dad grew up in Tel Aviv (the family in Haifa are his cousins & their kids) so I'd love to see it. One of these days...

mrsLesGrossman · September 2009

Haifa is a great area. I like it a lot more than Tel Aviv where it is full of arsim(douche bags).

LarissaAnn · September 2009

LOL, I'd bet. I've been told Haifa is beautiful. The way I see it, in a country the size of NJ, I should be able to see an awful lot of it in a single trip. I've just got to get it together.

aerinpegadrak · September 2009

Ring Pop, that's beautiful! I was kind of worried about how it would look in pictures, but that looks totally elegant.Thank you very much for all of the perspectives. I'm going to do a bit more research into the traditions and significance of bridal henna as opposed to just decorative henna and make sure that I'm behind it, and go from there.Oh, and Larissa, can you e-mail me some of those recommendations? screenname at gmail dot com. I live in Anaheim, but I've got a scooter and FI's got a car if it's something farther afield.

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