Wedding Day Two

At five o'clock on the second day of the wedding all the women got mehendi. Mehendi is the designs that women get on their hands and feet using henna. There were women who had been hired to apply the henna. There the women all worked in pairs, one would draw the outline with henna and the other then filled it in so that one side of one hand was done then the same side of the other hand was outlined while the first hand was being filled in. The hardest part was sitting patiently while the paste was drying then not playing with it so that the color set. The evening ended with more singing and praying and of course, a meal. At night me put Vasiline on our hands so that the color darkened. It's said that the darker the color stains your skin the better your relationship with your mother-in-law will be. Because of how light my skin is the contrast stood out more, and it looked really dark. Maybe that means I will have a really good relationship with my mother-in-law...

Getting mehendi.

All the women sat on the mattresses on the floor after getting their mehendi and many of them took turns singing.

Amanda's mehendi.

All of the exchange students with Ritu Grover and the groom's mother.

Yesterday's temple became a mehendi station.