Heather and I decided that we would do henna for our cultural project. Henna is commonly used for weddings in Karnatka (the Indian state where Kannada is spoken). Henna designs combine shapes and patterns with meaningful symbols. For example, my sister (who lives in India) told me that the peacock symbolizes fertility. This symbol is important because henna is to make the bride beautiful for her wedding night and the hope is that the couple will be fertile.
Heather and I want to use important symbols in our henna design to tell as story. The story we want to tell is about how God made people, people did evil things that deserved punishment, but that while God in his justice couldn't just ignore their wrong, God's love made away for His justice and wrath to be satisfied through the death of Jesus, thus allowing people who put faith in Jesus to be with God forever in love and harmony with Him and one another.
Our goal is to be able to tell this story in Kannada through henna =) This is my hand after a first trial run with the symbols and the story =)
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