The ceremony is rich with old customs and stunning details conducted in … safid-baḵt, lit., “white-fortuned”), that is, married only once (yak-baḵta), having no co-wife, and happy in her marital life. 64, 1985, pp. Thanks to European travelers and envoys to Persia, we have much information on the practice of hennaing hands and feet from the Safavid period onwards. Medical uses. It is a ceremony held in the house of newly married couple's relatives, In Iran, where families are a lot bigger and there are more of them around to throw parties, it is usually a very exciting and exhausting time for families of the bride and the groom who are invited to one Pagosha after another for several weeks following a wedding. Greek Persian Connections » ... Henna Ceremony. 11, Tehran, 1989, pp. Other uses. In this ceremony tea and Iranian desserts such as bāmiyeh (light doughnut balls), Nān-e berenji (rice flour cookies), chocolates, ājil (nuts and dried fruit), are served as part of the festivities. Max Meyerhof, Cairo, 1940. The photograph at right is from a ceremony in India approximately a hundred years ago. , [which are] dried and ground” for this purpose (Wulff, Crafts, p. 192). They are traditionally served to guests after the ceremony. Jan 18, 2019 - Explore Asoo Albayati's board "صواني مهر" on Pinterest. . Henry-René d’Allemagne, Du Khorassan au pays des Bakhtiaris, 4 vols., Paris, 1911; tr. grown near Bam . HENNA (Pers. ), “the best henna is from Kermān” (cf. 42-43). 134-35). It is suggested that the henna is applied two to three days prior to the wedding so that the paste has ample time to stain the skin; approximately 32 to 48 hours is optimal. Mah-e Asal (Persian: ماه عسل‎) is a vacation spent together by a newly married couple. Ernst Höltzer, Persien vor 113 Jahren (Text und Bilder), pt. henna; Laufer, Sino-Iranica , pp. The first visit could be for the parties to become acquainted. 34-35, 48, no. writes that hennaing one’s “hands, and especially nails . She finally puts down the platter before the bride after she thinks she has collected enough šābāš for her role. ʿAbd-al-Ḥosayn Saʿidiān, Dāyerat-al-maʿāref-e sarzamin o mardom-e Irān, Tehran, 1981. Before the ceremony, the groom sends a lot of henna to the bride’s home. Back from the public bathhouse, “they stain her hands and feet, at the same time painting her eyebrows and forehead with antimony powder called Surma.” After this ceremony the rest of the herb (sic) is sent to the groom. The families of the bride and groom celebrate for days, and friends, neighbors and whoever else happens to stumble upon the party, is invited to join the fun. . by J. Thonnelier as Kitabi Kulsum Naneh ou le livre des dames de la Perse . Apart from the hair, hennaing one’s palms, fingers, and toe nails, and feet soles was widely practiced, particularly by women, who sometimes painted certain designs with henna on their palms, feet, and some other parts of their bodies (Massé, tr., p. 78). David Hooper, Useful Plants and Drugs of Iran and Iraq, with notes by Henry Field, Chicago, 1937. hina [sic], which they use to reddeŋtheir hands [or] their nails.” According to the Dāyerat-al-maʿāref-e fārsi (s.v. A separate evening is reserved to hennaing the groom’s hands in a bathhouse by his friends (Saʿidiān, pp. In its middle is placed a bowl of henna (locally, ḵinā) paste embellished with candles and small flowers and surrounded by red apples, in each of which a candle has been implanted. Once the man, or his family, had decided on a potential bride, the Khastegāri process would take place. 275-76). Šaraf-al-Din Rāmi Tabrizi, Anis al-oššāq, ed. As to exportation, the available figures are scanty and disconnected. A religious man reads some sects of holy Quran and asks the bride “Do you agree?” and after three times asking, the bride says yes. Then the groom’s other relatives place on her palm some money, which the other children and even adults rush to grab. The couple's new status as "a family" is celebrated this way. The henna was left to 'ferment' overnight (because of this custom, henna was seen as being in … . report). N. Sanson, The Present State of Persia . Typically held the day before the wedding, the event often has a lounge feel, with colorful pillows. The henna paste must remain there overnight and is washed away the next morning. used by many Arabs and Muslims to rub and clean their gums and teeth) are “among the sonan (traditional practices) of prophets (al-morsalin; Majlesi, LXXVI, pp. Khastegāri (Persian: خواستگاری‎) is the first step of the traditional Iranian courtship process. Jean Chardin (III, pp. Minu Forutan, “Tāriḵča o ṭariqa-ye kešt o bardāšt-e ḥanā dar Irān o jahān,” Kešāvarz, no. 134-35) mentions its usefulness “as an external application for skin disease, blind boils, and leprosy.” Ḡiāṯ-al-Din Jazā-yeri (p. 37) recommends it for various scalp affections (e.g., dandruff). It is common in Iran to have two ceremonies. Moved by this critical remark, the king ordered those personages not to dye their beards black any longer. At the ceremony, which takes place in the maternity ward of the bride, young ladies take the bride to the bathroom and make her look. There they light a candle secured in the middle of the henna basin. Most of the uses, mainly external, attributed to henna in traditional (Galenic) medicine in the Islamic period (see, e.g., Ebn al-Bayṭār, s.v., tr. Geographical distribution. make pale a five-digitated coral (panja-ye marjān)” (Rokn Jāmi [? 182-188. Hennaed fingertips are called fandoqča (lit. Ebrāhim Šakurzāda, ʿAqāyed o rosum e mardom-e Ḵorāsān, 2nd ed., Tehran, 1985. . dye their head hair and eyebrows [the latter with sorma], and artfully color with henna their beautiful bodies with odd designs, most often representing trees, birds and other animals, the sun, the moon, or stars. , not so much for . Eberhard Meissner, East Berlin, n.d.; tr. She has also to be skilled in balancing the patter on her head so that the candles do not go out and nothing falls down from the platter as she dances slowly and coquettishly among the guests, silently asking for šābāš (<šād bāš, lit., “Be cheerful”), that is coins or bank notes thrown up over the bride (and groom in mixed gatherings) to avert ill luck from her/them (also tips given to a female dancer at a wedding); everybody (particularly marriageable girls) tries to snatch at least one of them as a sign of good luck. More medical uses are reported from rural or tribal people. Nuptial Rites. tr., p. 80): A Mughal prince at the latter’s court jocularly told the king that he was surprised to see no elderly or old individual among the kingdom’s grandees and army commanders! 334-35, 337). Ehsan Yarshater, “A Peasant Marriage: A Poem in Chāli by Moḥammad-Bāqer ʿAmeli,” Studia Iranica 30/2, 2001, pp. Jun 9, 2020 - Explore zeze's board "Afghan wedding/engagement stuff", followed by 124 people on Pinterest. After the bride’s ḡosl (ritual Islamic ablution), she is conducted, wearing the dress made with the cloth brought by the groom, to a corner of a room partitioned off by a white curtain from the rest of the room. See more ideas about iranian wedding, persian weddings sofreh aghd, persian wedding. . Adam Olearius, Moskowitsche und persische Reise, ed. . Submitted tags will be reviewed by site administrator before it is posted online.If you enter several tags, separate with commas. In recent years cities of Turkish Riviera such as Antalya and Alanya have been attracting more Iranian newlyweds because of no visa requirement between Iran and Turkey. Men from the groom's family dressed up in festive costumes carry the presents on elaborately decorated large flat containers carried on their heads. adornment, as because it prevents chapped skin”; quoted by Massé, p. 781). 1 1966, p. 28. At the end, they also put Hanna on the groom and bride’s hands. As for Persia, a few allusions by old foreign travelers to hennaing, particularly a bride’s hands and feet, are found in our sources. Adolf Polatschek and Karl Rechinger (p. 2) mention “eastern tropical and subtropical Africa, and southern Asia” as its natural habitat. Hanna Bandan is the ceremony which is held on the last night before the bride goes to her own house. See more ideas about Persian wedding, Middle eastern wedding, Iranian wedding. Lythraceae), a shrub with fragrant, usually greenish white flowers (for an accurate morphology thereof see Dymock et al., II, p. 43; Polatschek and Rechinger, p. 2). . Valiollah Mozaffarian (Wali-Allāh Moẓaffariān), Farhang-e nāmhā-ye giāhān-e Irān, lāti-ni, engelisi, fārsi/A Dictionary of Iranian Plant Names, Latin, English, and Persian, Tehran, 1996. However, the ceremony remains tied to ancient roots and is virtually the same from generation to generation. Šakurzāda has provided much information on matrimonial heannaing customs among the rural population in Khorasan, which will be summarized here. ḥanā,Ar. However, some modern authors have reported the survival of variations of some old customs until recent times among the villagers, tribesmen, etc. and ed. (= L. inermis/spinosa L.; fam. (p. 35), in 1978, 18,000 kg of henna and sedr (powdered leaves of Christ’s-thorn, Ziziphus spina-Christi Willd., used as a hair shampoo), valued at 870,000 rials, but in 1985, only 5,040 kg of second-grade henna, valued at 857,000 rials, were exported to England. This ceremony is also called Tabagh Bārān. John Goodyer, ed. . On the “henna night” (pp. Guests & Festivities. ; Aminizāda, p. 31). ; lit., “having an intact head”; Pers. Usually dry henna brought by the bridegroom's family is broken into pieces in a silver or copper vessel by a woman whose parents are alive, and still together . . Moḥammad Pādšāh, Farhang-eĀnand Rāj, ed. The hennaed body parts are kept wrapped up overnight so that the henna “takes” (cf. ), 850 ha of henna plantation was reported in 1373 Š./1994-95 (p. 30). From Afghanistan we have a detailed report by Ria Hackin and Ahmad Ali Kohzad of the lengthy ceremonies of a marriage between two well-to-do urban families, including the rituals of hennaing, of which the main features are noted here. . Moses Maimonides (Ebn Maymun), Šarḥ asmāʾ al-ʿoqqār (L’explication des noms de drogues) . 536-37. . Moḥammad ʿĀṣemi, Tehran, 1976. ,” Kermān, 1986 (unpubl. On the eve of the ʿId-e Feṭr (Feast of fast-breaking), they would apply the blessed henna to the hair of the girl involved, believing and hoping that the latter’s baḵt would be “untied” until the next ʿId (Katirāʾi, p. 120). Moḥammad-Ḥosayn ʿAqili Ḵorāsāni, Qarābādin-e kabir [wa Maḵzan al-adwia], Calcutta, 1844 Fāʾeza Bahāʾ-al-dini et al., “Saršu-ye giāhi . ], p. 45). At this moment a girl dressed in traditional Afghan clothes would come through the door with a silver tray with candles and an assortment of fresh flowers with little containers of henna dancing and twirling all the way to the bride and groom. Adolf Polatschek and Karl Heinz Rechinger, Lythraceae, Flora Iranica, no. together with pomegranate bark . Persian Wedding Customs. Tehran, 1976. Before the henna is applied, coins or gold are also placed in her hands. .” Again from the Safavid period we have the following remark by N. Sanson, a French missionary sent to Persia in 1683 under Solaymān I (r. 1667-94; Pers. Hannah, also produced by the plant is used for the daily purpose such as Hana putting, temporary tattoos on the body and dropping the design, and used henna ceremony. Henna night “Hanna bandoon” will be taken place before the wedding day and henna is applied to the bride’s hand. As such, families prioritize the henna party over the other smaller customs, creating grand festival-like parties just to host the mehndi ceremony. The mane and tails of horses, donkeys, and mules were hennaed in Shiraz during the Nowruz until a few decades ago. Moḥammad Dabirsiāqi, 7 vols., Tehran, 1956. 116, 1993, pp. Henna that has earlier kneaded with water is brought in on a tray surrounded by candles and placed in the middle of the room. . , add soap and arsenic, boil this concoction in spring water, and rub it on the hair . In local industry, to obtain a fast black dye, “the fibers are first dyed in henna, then in an extract of one of the [two] indigo varieties . In Šahdād the average produce of dried henna leaves was 4-6 metric tons per ha, but has now decreased to about 1,600-1,800 kg, a 40 percent diminution during the previous decade. the similes fandoq and fandoq-band for hennaed fingertips, and fandoq bastan “to attach a hazelnut,” fandoqi kardan “to make the [fingertip look] like a hazelnut,” mentioned by Moḥammad Pādšāh, p. 3180). from various regions in Persia. After preparing the bride, veil ornamented with red flake is placed over her head, and she is brought into the middle with hymn and folk songs about henna. Aug 2, 2019 - Explore Parsi's board "Iranian Wedding", followed by 975 people on Pinterest. meṅhdī). The matrimonial ḥanā-bandān. The carriers enter the courtyard while deftly dancing to the music with the platters on their heads (in this connection, see also some reports from Persia below). John T. Platts, A Dictionary of Urdū, Classical Hindī and English, repr. ; Majlesi, XLIV, p. 203, XLVI, p. 298, LXXVI, p. 101). Henna is considered more sanitary and less messy. This is usually more of a party with finger foods, sweets and drink than a sit-down dinner. . “Though it is said that this protects [horses] against the cold, this is rather by way of adornment, for it is practiced in various places and in all seasons. At each visit, the man's family would present a bouquet of flowers and the women, as good hostesses, would provide tea, fruits and sweets. 242-43); applying goat suet, a little henna, and “scorpion oil” (rowḡan-e ʿaqrab) to knife cuts hastens their healing (p. 253; for the preparation of this oil see Tonokāboni, p. 604; for the medical uses in 19th-century India of henna, which was “much esteemed by the Mahometans,” see Dymock et al., pp. Manṣur Amin-izāda, “Zerāʿat-e ḥanā,” Kermān, 2002 (unpubl. Some of those uses have survived, with variations and additions, in local folk medicines in Persia. . 32-33. For this ceremony, one or more representatives of the man's family would visit the woman's family. On the fourth day, late in the evening, on a simple wooden bed brought into that room the groom is made to lie down, and, while the local musical instruments are being played, his hands and feet are hennaed by male attendants (Saʿidiān, p. 983). Ebrāhim Šakurzāda has reported further uses in Khorasan: for instance, applying henna with aged oil to the skin affected by leprosy (p. 232); smearing feet soles with suet and then with henna paste to heal the cracks in the heels (p. 241); introducing a little henna powder into the fundament of small children affected by pinworms (pp. Concerning wasma alone for blackening the hair, Olearius (apud Massé, tr., pp. Reliable, up-to-date official data in these connections are not available. In order to get rid of a co-wife, if she had long hair, orpiment was secretly added to her rang o ḥanā (Katirāʾi, p. 265). Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Les six voyages de Turquie et de Perse, ed., Stéphane Yerasimos, 2 vols., Paris, 1981. Eating sweet food stuffs at celebratory events such as an engagement ceremony carries symbolism such as wishing for sweetness in the couple's life in general. An earlier report (Bahāʾ-al-dini et al.) This page was last edited on 19 November 2020, at 09:25. According to ʿAlāʾi Yazdi (p. 32; referring to her 1987 study), in Yazd there were ninety such mills (locally called sang-e mā-zāri) that were used for pulverizing henna leaves, etc. : “My sweetheart / the bride applies genuine Kermān/Kāšān henna to her hands and feet in a way to show she is enamored”). Ebn al-Bayṭār, al-Jāmeʿ le mofradāt al-adwia wa’l-aḡḏia, 4 vols., Bulāq, 1874; tr. The principal blackening vegetable substance used after hennaing was wasma, a paste of the pulverized leaves of the indigo plant (nil; this dual dyestuff is still called rang o ḥanā “color and henna” and sold in traditional drugstores). , Paris, 1881. Parviz Varjāvand, “Ḥanā,” in Dāyerat-al-maʿāref-e tašayyoʿ VI, Tehran, 1997, pp. Once the man, or his family, had decided on a potential bride, the Khastegāri process would take place. The Nāmzadi ceremony (Persian: مراسم نامزدی‎) takes place at the bride's family home. Hana Bandān (Persian: حنابندان‎) is the ceremony held one day before the wedding in the house of either the bride or the groom, but It generally takes place at the bride's house and among women. Aspects of the Aroosi (a traditional Persian wedding) vary from region to region and have different traditions. William Francklin, Observations Made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia in the Years 1786-87 . Although there is no henna plantation in Yazd Province, the henna powder available for domestic use and for export is labeled “ḥanā-ye Yazd,” because diligent Yazd businessmen buy in advance all the Kermān henna leaves produce, transport it to the city of Yazd, where it is ground in special stone mills and then bagged up for marketing (Vaḵšuri, p. 28; Forutan, p. 78). do the same with her. Woman showers flower petals in Yazd. Some Jewish women would make sure to henna their hair on Fridays, in honour of the Sabbath. Pietro della Valle, Viaggi di Pietro Della Valle; tr. ], cited by Šaraf-al-Din Rāmi [2nd half of the 14th cent. The bride’s hennaing in a bathhouse is quite elaborate. After the guests are gone, the girl’s hand is freed and the said gifts are collected. 209, 443, 613 and 626 for negārin hands, and p. 326 for ne-gārin feet); “when hennaed, thy crystalline fingertip[s] . persian Civil Marriage and Wedding Planning in Turkey,persian Wedding Planner WhatsApp +90 535 712 78 23, persian Wedding Services for 2020 ; persian Wedding Venues Booking for 2020,persian Wedding Venues Decorations for 2020,persian Wedding Photographer for 2020,persian Wedding Videographer for ,persian Wedding Dj&Sound for 2020,persian Wedding Hair Dresser for Bridal for 2020,persian … According to Bahāʾ-al-dini et al. ten pairs of women’s shoes, and a bag containing two pounds of henna” to be used for hennaing the bride after dinner at home; the next day, in a bathhouse reserved for this occasion, the bride’s womenfolk henna themselves and her hair, hands, and feet. is a form of adornment . To hold a wedding ceremony in Qeshm is the most beautiful and exciting thing in a person's life. When she sits down, the groom-to-be places a ring on her finger in a formal act of engagement. Ṣadiq Ṣafizāda, Ṭebbe-e sonnati dar miān-e Kordān, Tehran, 1982. In 1874 Johann Schlimmer (pp. Persian henna tattoo is applied for bridal preparation and ceremonies as a sign of blessing, joy, and beauty. 113-14, also cited by Massé, tr., pp. Probably the oldest extant reference in Persian literature to hennaing a bride’s hands is by Rudaki (d. 329/940-41), the earliest great Persian poet: “The lāla “tulip” [but here most likely “corn poppy,” šaqāyeq] is laughing from afar in a field / like the henna-stained hand of a bride” (apud Nafisi, p. 405). Pietro Della Valle (d. 1652) reports a curious episode during his trek to Māzandarān in 1618. 188-89. indicates that in the agricultural year 1984-85 about 2,400 ha were under henna plant cultivation in the whole province of Kermān (p. 35). use the herb and seed[s] or wesme [sic] . and goes down to the navel, around which is generally drawn a figure decorated with rays.” Maḥmud Katirāʾi, editor of the same book, provides further information (see note 2, pp. Once both parties had established serious intentions for the relationship, the man's family would bring sweets and a larger bouquet and officially pop the question. 342-43) noted the “dessicative and slightly astringent application of henna powder in Persia for superficial skin burns, excoriation, and chronic [cutaneous] ulcers.” David Hooper (pp. She remains behind the curtain for three days, during which time her hand and feet are hennaed while the attending womenfolk sing. According to him (1.124), the leaves of henna have a binding power [because of their tannin content]; therefore chewing them is good for mouth ulcers, a cataplasm thereof cures “other [cutaneous] hot inflammations and carbuncles,” and their decoction heals [superficial] burns. meṅhdī; Hooper, pp. Saʿidiān, Ādamhā o āyinhā dar Irān, Tehran, 1983. This ceremony (lit., “feast/ceremony of henna application”), of hennaing the palms, fingernails, and soles of both the bride and the groom before the wedding night, seems to be an old custom but of unknown origin and symbolic significance. 30-33, 78. According to him, during hennaing the feet or painting negārs (crude pictures of a sparrow, butterfly, or floral designs), which was performed either by the lady herself or by a professional negār-painter (negārband) in the bathhouse. 469-71 and ʿAqili Ḵorāsāni, p. 184) can essentially be traced back to Dioscorides. As attested by Chardin (III, pp. Further, as reported by Majlesi, some prominent religious men mixed henna with a blackening matter, namely ḵaṭmi (marshmallow), and katam (Buxus dioica Forsk. 1: Esfahan, ed. 6,000 and 350 tomans of taxes paid respectively by each butcher and greengrocer); “on the night before the wedding, ten women from the groom’s family take to the bride’s private quarters (andarun, q.v.) . Henri Massé, Croyances et coutumes persanes, tr. Graz, 1967-68. ḡ. Samiʿi, Az Ḵorāsān tā Baḵtiāri, 2 vols., Tehran, 1999. . To begin the hennaing process, the girl is made to turn up the hollow of her right hand and place it on her head. Maḥmud Katirāʾi, Az ḵešt tā ḵešt, Tehran, 1999. Although this tradition might be practised in small towns and villages, in cities such as Tehran, an alternative means of transportation is used to deliver the gifts to the bride. The Khastegari is a one-time formality and it serves to inform the parents of the decision and have their thoughts shared in the process. eating sweets). Now the preparations begin, shopping and arranging the wedding ceremony. The henna was kneaded in a large bowl (tashta) with tea or water, and sumac, which they called ḥamirit ḥinna, 'the fermenting [agent] for the henna'. gangrene?”; hennaing one’s head is a cure for headache; “hennaing oneself clears (yajli) the eyesight”; “henna eliminates sahak (body stink); “hennaing oneself after using nura [a depilatory paste composed of quicklime and orpiment] is a protection against leprosy”; hennaing and using meswāk (a stick of the fragrant wood of SalvadoraPersica Gaertn. Subsequently the henna bowl is carried around so that anybody wishing to may take some henna with her little finger to draw a design on her own hand. Ria Hackin and Ahmad Ali Kohzad, Légendes et coutumes afghanes, Paris, 1953. According to two female informants from the mainly Turkish–speaking province of Zanjān, during the hennaing ceremony of the bride, attended by the close relatives of both parties and the girl’s friends (especially those who are dam-e baḵt “nubile”), the girl wears an elegant dress (but not the usual white wedding dress) and a hint of make-up. The mother of the groom would place a teaspoon full of henna onto the bride's palm and cover it with a triangular cloth … The henna paste must remain there overnight and is washed away the next morning. 52-53) is probably the first to have spoken of šab-e ḥanā-bandi (lit., night of hennaing), which precedes the wedding. This article is available in print.Vol. . Marriage Ceremony. The second one is called “Aroosi” and it’s all about danc… . Reżā Bani-ebrāhimi, “Zerāʿat-e ḥanā dar šahrestān-e Bam o tawābeʿ-e ān (Narmāšir),” Māh-nāma-ye zaytun, no. During their 2016 ceremony, her non-Persian in-laws were “totally out of their element but they really did enjoy themselves,” she said. After this ceremony, late at night, the platters are taken to the groom’s home by professional ṭabaq-carriers accompanied by the musicians and a host of merrymakers. It was customary, especially in winter, to henna the legs as well as the whole length of the horses’ bodies up to the chest and, sometimes, the heads. In some Gilān villages the bride was to keep on her head a piece of flat bread with one hand; on the palm of the other were placed a few pieces of henna paste; then a small boy was charged with taking those pieces off her hand (Faḵrāʾi, p. 279; for the intention behind the small boy’s role, see below in connection with ceremonies in Zanjān). Meanwhile the musicians sing a specific long, popular song, with this refrain: “Bring henna; smear his hands with it.” The unmarried friends of the groom rush to get a little of the wedding henna, for “it is believed to give them the chance to be married in the same year.”. . It generally takes place at the girl’s home and among women, although either side can choose to host it. Both the Ashkenazi the Sephardic brides immerse themselves in the mikveh (ritual bath), in a purification ceremony, days preceding the wedding. , ed. Magical uses. . For a music sample, see Ḥanā bandān in Kermān. In modern Iran, this practice is initiated by the man and woman and their mutual decision to start the khastegari (courtship) process. Traditionally, on Pātakhti (Persian: پاتختی‎) the bride wears a lot of floral ornaments and the decoration of the house with flowers is provided by the groom's family. . Hanā Bandān (Henna Night) Hana Bandān (Persian: حنابندان, Azerbaijani: Xına Gecəsi خینا گئجه سی) is the ceremony held one day before the wedding in the home of bride and groom. The “ḥanā-ye si tabārak” was also used for the same purpose. 65-66, according to whom, “the best henna (kupros) grows in Ascalon and Canopus.”. The woman who hennaed a bride’s hands and feet in the bathhouse had to be yak-baḵta; otherwise, the bride would have a co-wife (Šakurzāda, p. 205). In some villages the necessaries sent by the groom’s family to the bride’s before concluding the marriage contract (ʿaqd-konān) include twenty loaves of soap, three bags of henna, and a bag of indigo (p. 174). Henna is still used occasionally for embellishing horses’ legs and sometimes their manes. The traditional gift is a ring. As a [mark of] distinction for the king’s horses, a lace pattern with large teeth and with fleurons is painted [with henna] on the bodies” (on hennaing horses’ manes and tails in 19th-century China and the Indian subcontinent, see Balfour, s.v. "What sets Persian weddings apart is their tradition-infused ceremony. Generally the local aga [Muslim chieftain] would be invited as well, and his acceptance of the henna was seen as his symbolic permission to have the wedding take place. 371-72), this adornment was current in 17th-century Persia. Pedanios Dioscorides, The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides . Mehndi-or mehendi or henna-is an ancient form of body art, originating in India and across South Asia and the Middle East. Oxford, 1982. The tedious, long process of using henna and indigo by Persian women in old bathhouses is described by Schlimmer (pp. Customs among the rural population in Khorasan, which the other is more considerable a. 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