Indian body art (Mehendi)

Mehndi or henna tattoos are an ancient Indian ritual associated with traditional weddings, but now widely used to adorn the hands and legs of women of all ages. The material that is applied comes from the Mehndi shrub known in Latin as Lawsonia inermis.Young Indian women practice the ancient art of mendhi, applying the henna to each others feet and hands. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and [email protected].