indian wedding traditions
Sweets, eggs, and money are woven into to wedding
themes of India. They symbolize, respectively, a sweet life,
feretility, and prosperity. The Hindu wedding ceremony includes
customary rituals to ward off evil spirits. After the wedding vows have
been exchanged the groom's father or brother showers flower petals on
the newlyweds; then he holds a coconut over the bride and groom's heads
and circles it around them three times. An Indian groom often wears a
turban with a veil of flowers streaming down in front of his face to
protect him from evil spirits.
Traditional Indian brides wear pink and red saris
on their wedding day, adorning themselves extravagantly with as much
jewelry as possible. Henna staining, a customary art form, is still
practiced by Indian brides to be. On the eve of her wedding vows,
following a traditional ceremonial cleansing, the bride-to-be will have
her hands and feet painted with henna, in beautiful paisley or
medallion patterns.
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indian wedding traditions
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