It was nothing Lakshmi did not understand. She had, when she was a younger woman, enjoyed having her body painted in henna. No one was more skilled in it then Kashi, and then, it took near three hours to finish a full design. Even with Lakshmi's preference for simpler designs and patterns. Ever the lotuses she wanted on her palms.
Ah, it was no time to be sick for home, but she supposed it inevitable as she moved through the motions she had abandoned so long ago.
"They often show where you come from, or they are for purposes. A drape from Lucknow is very different to the drape of Tamil Nadu. I am from Maharastra, and we are known to be very hard workers. So we often dress in drapes that allow us greater freedom of movement to show that we are workers. Others are very ornate, for special occasions, others better suited for tending the fields."
The pleats made, twelve all told, a little wider than her palm and she leans forward to tuck the mass of it at the waistline directly below Alexandrie's belly button. The effect becomes clear, and mimics how Lakshmi's own sits. Settles low on the hips, but held fast with the knot. Secures it as she rolls the material in and around itself.
Once it is done, she takes a step back. Admiring, briefly, looking over her work with a certain eye that knows the mistakes to expect. But nor is all that fabric yet used, and the excess, she begins to wind around Alexandrie. Her eyes keen as she goes, that way she knows what she is looking for and simply goes to straighten it. "In a woman's private quarters, they will not always feel a need for the top part. I have brought it for you, all the same, but it is the luxury when there are no men about in the heat."
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Ah, it was no time to be sick for home, but she supposed it inevitable as she moved through the motions she had abandoned so long ago.
"They often show where you come from, or they are for purposes. A drape from Lucknow is very different to the drape of Tamil Nadu. I am from Maharastra, and we are known to be very hard workers. So we often dress in drapes that allow us greater freedom of movement to show that we are workers. Others are very ornate, for special occasions, others better suited for tending the fields."
The pleats made, twelve all told, a little wider than her palm and she leans forward to tuck the mass of it at the waistline directly below Alexandrie's belly button. The effect becomes clear, and mimics how Lakshmi's own sits. Settles low on the hips, but held fast with the knot. Secures it as she rolls the material in and around itself.
Once it is done, she takes a step back. Admiring, briefly, looking over her work with a certain eye that knows the mistakes to expect. But nor is all that fabric yet used, and the excess, she begins to wind around Alexandrie. Her eyes keen as she goes, that way she knows what she is looking for and simply goes to straighten it. "In a woman's private quarters, they will not always feel a need for the top part. I have brought it for you, all the same, but it is the luxury when there are no men about in the heat."