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Through many decades certain Indian beauty standards have been created for ladies to follow. Although India is ‘ a land of culture with beauty changing from season to season, there are still beauty standards that are consistent followed in India. Such as a sharp nose, thick rimmed eyes, sharp pointed chins, thick long black hair and an hour glass figure.

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Both men and woman wear jewelry, anything from necklaces to toe rings. Along with a ‘bindi’ on their foreheads. The purpose behind wearing a bindi is that Indians hold a tradition that all people have a third inner eye. Two that are physical and the third one focuses inward towards god. Depending on the colour of a bindi they all hold special significance.

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Men and women in India are wrapped and wrapped in traditional clothing known as a ‘dhoti’ or a ‘lungi’. Which are a loose skirt or short-type wrap which is most commonly worn without a shirt in high heat areas. Woman through India also wear ‘saris’ which wrap the body or in some cases just their heads, leaving their face exposed.

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India is very much obsessed with the appearance of their skin colour, this is something that I did not know. India skin bleaching business makes over 450 million a year. The Indian community beeves the paler you are the more beautiful you are.

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For hundreds of years the tradition of tattooing your skin has ventured across India. Ancient carvings on prehistoric rocks were copied by tribal communities on to their bodies, which is a process called gunda. Body art was very common among warlike tribes as they viewed tattoos as a sign of strength, courage and virility. These tattoos also known as gunda are placed on the body majority of the time in the form to replicate jewelry.

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The use of Henna for body art is many centuries old. The people of ancient Egypt and India used this form of temporary tattoo for religious ceremonies, wedding festivals, and for simple body adornment. Henna body art had been used for over 5000 years. It is an honoured tradition with intricate designs that can symbolize passages of life and are also applied simply for their beauty.

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Indians often use cream like items to lighten the appearance of their skin. Compared to people in North America who usually prefer there skin to be darker than what it actually is. Indians lighten the appearance of their skin because it is said to be more esteemed compared to darker skin.