TRADITIONS IN INDIA

I was searching information about the Indian culture and there are two topics that I found very interesting about the culture, one is the point that women use between her eyes and the other topic is the tattoos that women use in her hands.

There are a lot of point that the indian people make between the eyebrows:

The first one is made in women and men, it is called "tilaka" this can be done in many forms and in many occasions, as a for of blessing, for example: after attend to an offering to a temple, the priest usually mark the forehead of the devote. 

The second one it's called "bindi", there was a custom that the groom draw a mark on the bride's foreheads with his blood, as a symbol marriage commitment. Nowadays the blood has been replaced for an ink or a kind of sticker, this mark is red in married women, widow women use yellow dye.

This mark apart to "label women relationships", is appreciated as a sign of beauty and decoration, so this point is also used for girls and young ladies, who use it in different color and materials, even matching with her clothes.  

The other topic that called my attention was the tattos that the women use.

The tattoos are called "Mehandi", this type of body decoration is usually used as a ritual before marriage. This ritual is for promote luck, hapiness and fertility, is also used as a protection from evil spirits and the "evil eye", because a new bride or future mother is more vulnerable to be attack. Apart from weddings, when the women paint her hands and feets with this tattoos made with henna, the women also use the mehandi for celebrations or festivals, in the 8th month of pregnancy, births and naming ceremonies. 

Without a doubt this culture is very different to ours and I think that Indian customs deserve more respect maybe than ours, because their traditions are very sacrificed and very old too. They don't steal customs according to what is on fashion.