What is Kachi Misri ceremony?
Kacchi Misri A private formal ceremony where the families of the bride and groom meet and exchange gifts to celebrate the fixing of the wedding. This is usually combined with an informal engagement.
What is Sagai ceremony?
Sagai or Mangani. One of the chief highlights of an Indian wedding, before the actual marriage ceremony, is the ritual of Sagai or Kurmai. This ceremony marks the official ‘asking’ of the bride’s hand by the bridegroom’s family.
What happens in Gol Dhana ceremony?
Gol Dhana is basically the engagement ceremony, however, the term means coriander seeds and jaggery. It is apparent that these items are distributed at the event that takes place at groom’s place. The family of the bride arrives at groom’s house with gifts and sweets and then the couple exchanges rings.
What is a Pagla ceremony?
Kanku Pagla As the new bride is considered the avatar of Goddess Laxmi, the new family takes her feet imprints. The bride dips her feet in vermilion water and walks on the white cloth. This is considered one of the most important rituals. Source.
What is Tel bukki?
Grinding of wheat grains is symbolising the start of new era of life. Tel Buki is usually performed after the sunset though in the recent times, tradition of performing Sathu and Tel Buki at same time has become part of Sindhi marriage rituals just because on this night usually at home of groom D J Party is arranged.
Is Roka and engagement same?
A roka ceremony is a traditional function where the families of the bride and groom meet each other and discuss the engagement, wedding and reception. In short, the roka marks the beginning of the wedding festivities which are to follow.
Why is there only 4 Pheras in Hindu marriage?
The groom leads for the first four pheras. In a Sindhi wedding ceremony, the groom leads the first three rounds while the bride leads the fourth. However, every Hindu wedding has at least four pheras. These pheras signify the four main aims of life: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.
How do you perform an engagement ceremony?
The ceremony kick starts early in the morning when elderly women from the groom’s family visit the bride’s home and gifts her shagun, outfits, jewellery, and the chunni or scarf that the bride wears to cover her face. The groom then decorates the forehead of the bride and in some families they exchange rings.
In which country groom’s clothes are torn?
In Sindhi weddings, the groom’s clothes are torn away on the occasion of ‘Sainth’. So, it is a fun activity that signifies the entrance of the groom into a new life. And the torn clothes are left behind with the innocence of Pre-Marital life.
How is the engagement ceremony different in South India?
The bride is also gifted with some traditional family Jewelry from the groom’s parents. In the South Indian families, the engagement ceremony is quite different from those of North Indian families; you will be surprised to know that the presence of the groom and bride is not compulsory on the engagement function.
What are the rituals of a Brahmin wedding?
In this rituals, both the bride and groom’s families fast for prosperity of their children and their new married life. On this day, a clay pot filled with nine varieties of grains is kept aside. The married women of the family pour water in the pot and allow the grains to sprout for the day.
How is the wedding ceremony held in North India?
In most of the North Indian states, the ceremony is held as soon as the marriage details are finalized. Along with the ring ceremony, the ritual of ‘Tilak’ i.e. greeting the groom with auspicious vermilion paste and rice is performed by bride’s brother.
Which is the most important pre-wedding ritual in India?
One of the most important pre-wedding rituals amongst them is the Engagement Ritual. Though most of the people believe that this trend of �engagement ceremony� came from the west but if you look deep in to the Indian traditions, the engagement ceremonies exist in one form or the other in different communities of India from a long time.