Our indian traditional cultural art. Henna

India, my homeland, is known as "incredible India" due to its diverse culture, traditions, and art. Our slogan is "Unity in Diversity" Indians are skilled in different cultural art. We have various forms of art including painting, sculpture, ceramics, wooden art, weaving, stonework, glass art, and sand art. Additionally, tribal arts are popular and interesting. For common people, henna painting, Rangoli making, kashidakari (embroidery), and pottery are also significant. Let's talk about henna, a common traditional art in India.

Henna has been used for body art for at least 5,000 years and has a long history of migration and cultural interaction. Some scholars claim that the earliest documentation of henna uses is found in ancient Indian texts and images, indicating that Mehendi as an art form may have originated in ancient India. It is generally a shrub-size Flowering plant whose leaves are used to dye skin, hair, and fingernails. It contains a dying agent named Tannish which leaves a Reddish- Brown color on the application.
History says that henna has been used for at least 5,000 years in both cosmetic and healing purpose.

The art of decorating skin/ body with different designs is known as Mehandi in Indian Sub-Continental. Women apply many variations of mehendi design patterns on their hands & feet. These Design patterns are called Arabic Mehandi Designs, Indian Bridal Mehandi designs, and Pakistani Designs.

Henna is found mostly in Hot-Dry climates as of India, Pakistan, and the Middle East, and it is suitable for hot climates for nice bright colors. When I was making tutorials here in Norway putting henna on my hand my hand started frizzing, So I removed that very quickly.
Here Is my traditional and cultural Mehandi art. If I was in India I could be able to have some model to do it properly on my own hands it's not easy.

A while ago, I used to be skilled at creating henna designs. I enjoyed beautifying the hands of family and friends during their wedding gathering.

Here is a tutorial and how this art has a background.
I use Pure henna powder and strong black (filtered with a strainer) tea
100 grams of Pure henna
1/4 cup of tea.
Some people use eucalyptus oil and lime juice but I make a very simple if henna is the best quality it gives a very good color without mixing many alternatives.

Strain the henna powder.

Add henna powder to the dark black tea.

Stir it thoroughly until no lumps remain.

Make stirring around 5 minutes to get a sticky consistency. Cover( I reuse some plastic containers that I save for this kind of thing. and Keep it aside for 1 hour minimum.

Making cone
I used to reuse plastic that comes from food packing.
some cellophane tape

Fold the plastic to create a sharp point at the end of the fold, then secure it with tape.

After fixed with tape the cone looks like this. The sharp point will be used to create a design.

After soaking the henna for 1 hour, carefully fill the cone to 3/4 capacity and seal it with tape to prevent leakage during application.

Can fill several cones and seal them and keep them in the fridge.

Something went wrong so I removed it but henna already colored my hand.

I started again.

The henna paste needs to dry properly to achieve a nice, dark red color, which takes at least 1-2 hours. After applying it to my hand, the cooling effect of the henna started making my hand feel cold, so I removed it after 15 minutes.

It is like this. I tried here in Norway

The last two photos were from India during one friend's marriage.
thank you.