|
Overview
Indian Wedding Traditions are innumerable and remarkable in their grandeur. From
pre wedding ceremonies to the ceremonies that extend after the marriage, all Indian
Wedding Traditions make an essential part of a wedding. Sweets, coconuts,
red threads, money all are woven together in the different Indian Wedding Traditions.
All the communities in India have some thing or the else in common. Again each community
has a distinguishable Wedding Tradition.
To know more about Indian Wedding Traditions log on to ShadiMaker.com
Types
Different communities have different Wedding Traditions which are interesting in
their own way. Parsis have traditions like haath boravanu, pag dhovan and chero
choravanu. Indian Wedding Traditions of the Gujratis and Marwaris are also
interesting. In one such tradition the mother-in-law of the groom catches his nose
on arrival. The Punjabis have a special Chura Ceremony of the bride where the maternal
uncle and gift her with red and white bangles, symbols of a married woman.
Some communities have the custom where the sister-in-law of the groom hides his
shoes and takes money in return. The bride and the groom are asked to find the coins.
One who finds it first is the winner and supposed to rule the roost. Both the ‘mangalsutra’
and sindoor ceremony are an important aspect of many Hindu and Sikh Wedding Traditions
. In the mangalsutra ceremony the groom ties a necklace of black and gold beads
around the neck of the bride.,." On the other hand the sindoor ceremony is where
the husband applies the vermilion in the parting of his wife’s hair just above the
forehead. Incidentally, Married Hindu women apply this red color along the hairline
to denote their matrimonial status. Both the wearing of mangalsutra and the application
of the sindoor go into becoming a permanent custom for a married woman and she has
to follow it till her husband is alive
Special features
Most of the Indian Weddings are an elaborate affair where the Indian Wedding
Traditions extend for around a week. This time is celebrated as a carnival time
with festive mood residing over everybody’s mind.
|