Mendhi, Bangles stalls heart of female customers

RAWALPINDI: The stalls of Mendhi and Bangles, most demanded items of Eid-ul-Fitr, are nowadays being witnessed everywhere particularly in busy markets and bazaars of the city.

As the festival of Eid comes closer, the stalls of beautifully designed colourful bangles, jewellery and Mendhi in the markets of Rawalpindi have been set up which are attracting female customers.

Women start preparing for Eid-ul-Fit many days before and commenced shopping in Ramadan especially buying bangles, mehhndi, jewellery, cosmetic materials and other items as it is an old tradition that women and girls wear bangles to express their joy and happiness.

In Rawalpindi city, there are a large number of such stalls particularly in busy markets including Tench Bhatta, Peoples Colony, Saddar Bazaar, Chota Bazaar, Moti Bazaar, Commercial Market, Buni Market and several others markets.

Bangles (Kangan and Choriyaan), mehndi tattoos and jewelry-ornaments, all these things are extensively imperative items for women on Eid-ul-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

The young girls are very much interested in buying matching bangles with the colours of their Eid dresses, while many of them are rushing towards mehdi stalls to embellish their hands before the arrival of the religious festival, Eid-ul-Fitr.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011