In Turkey, we love to celebrate…about everything. Before we marry, after we marry, before we give birth, after, etc etc. A henna night is similar to a bachelorette party… however, funny enough we do both. This is a custom amongst Turkish people, but some people consider it traditional and some celebrate in a modern way.
Basically, the girlfriends and female relatives of the bride are invited for a henna party (night) to the bride’s house or outside to a rented place if crowded. The night is arranged for dancing and partying, so guests are welcome with food and drink.What is typical about this night is the henna and the red dress bride-to-be wears. The cookie shows the traditional dress and the red veil. There is always glitter hand decorated stuff on the dress, therefore I made the embossing and painted.
Then while the guests sing special songs to make the bride cry (they usually succeed with the atmosphere), everyone is given a bit of henna to put into their plam and keep for a while. The henna paints the palm in orange color.
In summary, I made these cookies for a henna night party… depicting the bride-to-be preparing for henna night 🙂
These look like they took a lot of time. Lots of detail. Some of your cookies are so cute I would hate to eat them.. I was like that as a kid too, guess I never out grew that. Ha ha..
Erika
Hey hello 🙂
so, the cookies are actually not that difficult to make, as I used an embosser – one shot
But then painting takes a bit of time, this is one of my easiest models 🙂
I am same as you
I bake the cookies, and I want to keep them to watch for some more time; that is about enjoying it over and over I guess 😉