FIG. 2. THE HENNA CAKE, ETC.Three models of wedding apparatus: the one on the left represents the “henna cake” used at the
“henna dance” during the ceremony of staining the finger-nails. The second represents the
bouquet of artificial flowers, with coloured eggs and streamers, which must be presented to
each guest at a wedding. The model of the buffalo shows the way in which these animals are
dressed for presentation to a Raja.Page 375.A couple of what we should call “pages,” of about ten years of age, are seated
right and left of the bridegroom, and are called Pĕngapit.
The bride usually provides herself with one or more girl companions; but these