Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Indian wedding ceremonies

Some Indian wedding ceremonies are not as deluxe and exuberant as  most common Indian weddings but are evenly elaborated in their own way. There are dozens of simple but significant rituals, a lot of them really fascinating and in reality settled in past system of logic and thinking.Indian weddings are as well a function where long-lost close acquaintances and relatives bond and share unforgettable moments during this cheerful function.
The most prominent feature of a Bengali wedding, however, is the fact that the groom’s mother does not go to the wedding! She awaits the happy couple at home, ready to execute all the welcoming rites.
A typical  Indian groom is traditionally clad in dhoti and kurta, and he bears a mirror all the time right until the Indian  wedding ceremony is finished. The bridegroom party is given a welcome with fresh flowers and a great deal blowing of conches by the women folk. Rosewater is sprinkled on him and then both, the bride and the bridegroom get ready for the real nuptials. The bride is attractively appareled in a heavy red Benarasi saree and wears a sort of a coronate like a princess. She bears sandalwood paste decorations on her forehead and face