Gabriela+Zea

**GABRIELA'S HOMEPAGE ** 

 
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= = =<span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; COLOR: rgb(255,163,0); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">Who am I? = <span style="COLOR: rgb(150,95,60); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)">My name is Gabriela and this is my wiki homepage for the course ADM 2372. I'm a third year student in Commerce and my specialization is Marketing <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)">although I started <span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)">university "journey" as a political science student. I was in political science for 2 years, but I realized it wasn't my calling; then, I switched to management. <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)"> I was born and raised in Peru. <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)"> I came to Canada when I was 15 years old. <span style="COLOR: rgb(13,12,12)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(243,173,18)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(243,173,18)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(245,154,46)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(243,173,18)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">So, I have decided to do my personal page about the ancient art of mendhi. Mendhi is one of the new hobbies I developed over the past year, but it is only this summer that I started to work on it and create my own designs.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; COLOR: rgb(150,95,60); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">So here are some interesting facts about me: **
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 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">My full name is very long; Sarah Gabriela Zea Pizarro (Sarah being my first name, Gabriela my middle
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">name and Zea Pizarro are my 2 last names)
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 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">I have lived in Gatineau ever since I came to Canada.
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 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">I went to a French high school (although now I speak very little French).
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 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">I work at the International House of the University of Ottawa as the supervisor of activites (as crazy as my job can be at times, I absolutely love it)
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 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(234,16,153)">I am a BIG fan of Indian culture (movies, food, clothes and so on).

=<span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; COLOR: rgb(255,163,0); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">My hobby = <span style="COLOR: rgb(6,1,9)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,182,31)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,125,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> A  s the big fan of Indian culture that I am, I was always attracted and puzzled about the art of mendhi. What did it mean? Why did women do it? What were the secrets behind this tradition that has been going on for ages in the Eastern world but it is yet relatively unknown in the Western wold?

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(6,1,9)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,182,31)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,125,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(8,8,7)">     ====== <span style="COLOR: rgb(6,1,9)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(234,182,31)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,125,0)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(238,160,32)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> The use of wiki for this type of assignment is appropriate because it will enables those who know more about the subject to add their knowledge to the pages. Anybody can modify the erronous information and contribute to the site with their own outputs about this art. There are many mendhi communities on the internet; new designs, new products and new mendhi techniques are available online. Many mendhi artists throughout the world share their secrets and the wiki is a simple way of creating a data base which can be seen by many people and can be edited at the same time. Information about new products, designs, styles can be easily added. The wiki makes the Internet community more active because it encourages users to contribute to the site. All the editing can be done quickly and all changes will be effective right away.

=<span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; COLOR: rgb(255,163,0); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">So what is mendhi? = <span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> T  <span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45)">here are many names under which this art form is called: mendhi, mehendi, mehndi, henna. Mendhi is the application of Henna (a plant which produces a red dye) as skin decoration. The application of henna is common in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia. The application of henna is done mostly during in special occasions such as weddings or specific festivals (depending on religious or cultural background) and the designs are usually drawn on women's hands and feet.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">It is very important that the colour of the henna applied remains dark. In Indian culture, the darkness of the henna has a different range of meanings. Some of them are, the darker the henna is, the more the husband loves his wife or the more the mother-in-law will like her daughter-in-law. Also, the darker the henna is, the happier your life as a wife will be. For this reason, man-made dyes (usually toxic and illegal for sale) have been incorporated to the henna paste. This links provided some useful websites with information regarding the safety of some types of henna)

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=<span style="FONT-SIZE: 150%; COLOR: rgb(255,163,0); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">Video = <span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">And now that we know a little bit more about mendhi, here is a video that show different types of designs and patterns.

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<span style="COLOR: rgb(139,88,45); FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">My friends and I had a mendhi/movie night a few months ago. My good friend Shivani was kind enough to draw some mendhi designs on me and my friends. Here are some pictures from our mendhi/movie night which we called Mondhi night. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">
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