Re: O.K. Thanks so much Catherine (no msg)
Posted by Eve on January 06, 2000 at 16:04:28:
In Reply to: Re: I have a question on patterns posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on January 06, 2000 at 15:59:09:
: I was talking to a Pakistani fellow the other day who says that his
: brother in New Jersey does henna for their family festivities, and
: that his henna was minutely detailled and complex ..... like intensely
: patterned Koranic miniatures. So, yes, the hair-thin henna patterns
: are in vogue, at least with a New Jersey Khan family.
: YOu might ask if they have holiday greetings, like "Peace" that they
: would like in the henna pattern ... and ask them to write it out on
: paper first. The Pakistani fellow liked the pattern I had on my hand
: at the time that said "a-salaam" (Ah, peace, or Oh, wonderful), though
: he could just make it out in the Arabic I had written, as he was more
: familiar with Urdu.