# Henna

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henna/735669>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 24, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henna/735669 "2015-10-24T23:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![girlalmightyxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@girlalmightyxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girlalmightyxo)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henna/735669/1 "2015-10-24T23:21:00Z")

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Alright, so just a few weeks ago I attended my first Indian wedding, my brother married a gorgeous Indian girl. I thought the mendhi was super interesting, and I decided, i would like to learn how to do henna designs. Thing is, I’m white, and I have seen blogs on tumblr and what not saying that if im white I shouldnt even bother, but now I have indian family members and I am well aware of the traditions of henna and mendhi, and I know how important it is to the culture, so should I be okay to learn it? Plus, I really dont want to do it for the fashion purpose, I want to do it because I think the culture is very interesting and I want to become more involved with my sister in law’s side of the family.

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**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henna/735669/2 "2015-10-25T01:31:35Z")

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If your sister-in-law is cool with it, I can’t imagine how anybody here could object.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henna/735669/3 "2015-10-25T02:08:59Z")

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Go for it!

I am white and I have done it, though not in recent years. I have Indian friends and it’s never even come up that someone who was not white should not be doing it.