Thank you my dear for the beautiful compliment.
Yes this was absolutely fabulous, the energy was so high that everyone could feel it and they would say that there is so much positive vibe around. I was feeling good.
The red dot we do it on festivals and occasions, it is considered to be auspicious in the Indian culture.
Yes in many Indian religions a married women normally has it, they consider it the sign of marriage relation.
Men can also have but normally they would do it only during the festival time.
Truly Indian mythology gets very interesting at times, there are so many gods and so many stories. Sometimes it is confusing also, specially for the children.