Bridal Henna Designs | Henna & Mehndi Art

The bride, for that one day is the most beautiful woman in the room, and therefore she is the target of a lot of envy, and so a lot of these designs and the henna itself are there to protect her against this envy which can be very dangerous to her. Indian henna designs contain a lot of symbols that will help the bride. For example, there's a lot of paisleys in Indian henna designs. Paisleys are a fertility symbol because they resemble a mango and a mango is a fertility symbol because of the big seed inside. And there are also a lot of peacocks in Indian designs. Peacocks symbolize happiness and that's something every bride wants. There's a tradition in Indian bridal henna where the groom's initials are drawn into the design, and on the wedding night the groom has to try and find the initials and its said that if he can't find the initials the bride will have the upper hand in the marriage. And if he can find his initials, he will have the upper hand, so it's always in the bride's best interest in order to keep her power to get a very good henna artist who can hide the initials very well. Middle eastern Jews also have a henna party before their weddings. There's a lot of dancing and singing and henna comes into play and the bride and the groom each get a smear of henna in their palm for good luck."