Mehndi and the tel/oil rasm!

Hey guys,

I had a quick question. Why doesn’t anyone do the tel/oil rasms on the mehndi anymore? It still happens in my family but I noticed I don’t see it anymore. I remember before, after the mehndi the bride and groom would be all messy and icky from oil all over their heads and whatnot since people would come up and apply it, etc.*

In fact, they have the oil stuff set up by the stage in front of the couple. Is the trend going? I hope not, since that’s the fun bit! Of course a bit messy but so much fun too!

Re: Mehndi and the tel/oil rasm!

maybe coz the bride has a good designer jora for her mehndi .... she wont like spoiling it with the oil :p
(yeh rasam to tabb ki hai jab saaday cotton, lawn k joray hotay thay mehndi, mayyoun pe)

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lol, exactly what I was thinking; whether the designer/heavy outfits had something to do with it. But I'm sure no one is gonna break long traditions over a pricey outfit. =/

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Well, in our family, they still do the rasm!!!
The difference is that they do the oil rasm one day before the mehndi .
So, the wedding is extented!!!

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in my family we still do the oil rasm but we do it on the mehndi day we do the oil first and then the oil

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What's the oil rasm?

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You know, where people come and apply ubtan/oil on the groom and bride's faces/hair; respectively. They also put some mehndi or something on a leaf/bill that both of the couple has in their palms? Maybe people started doing this on the mayoon now, I don't know. I just know that I need to have this on my wedding. I'd do it on the mayoon since the mehndi outfit will be pricey.

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^
Interesting...I've only seen people putting ubtan on the bride/groom at the manjha/mayoun.

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Maybe it's a Lahori thing then since we do ubtan to the face on the mayoun and oil to hair on the mehndi. Like people will come up and do this to you, the close family and friends will try to make you extra messy. It's fun and memorable!

Nope we still have it as well in fact its a big part of the mehndi!

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All the wedding's I've been to in recent years (extended family/friends) have done this.