Aceh is a province of Indonesia's land. Aceh itself still has a lot of people's culture. One of which is a ritual boh gaca for baro girl who want to hold a wedding party..
Boh gaca is a henna engraving in the palms of the hands and feet of the baroque (bride) that lasted for several days before the wedding..
Henna is the oldest plant name used as cosmetics. In aceh, this hena is made from the leaves of the girlfriend that has been smoothed to slimy and mixed with eucalyptus oil, which he said can improve the results.
Before this ritual, baro virgins are required to perform body cleansing like luluran and hair care. Gaca gaca is done up to several times. The result of the leaf blowing of the girlfriend is painted as beautifully as possible on the palms of the hands and feet of baro. Dara baro had to wait until the scabbard placed on the hand was completely dry and hard. After it is cleaned and washed thoroughly. The result, carved images on the surface of the skin with a dark red or faded can be like the color of turmeric.
This ritual is the result of cultural acculturation brought by India.
Until now, the gata baca ritual is still in good guard. But now, more often used ready-made materials such as, hena pasta. The lack of guarding and cultivating the leaves of the girlfriend makes gaca culture not so popular anymore, many are choosing hena powder and hena pasta instead.
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