Marriage is a pious relationship which helps a person to discover a completely new dimension in itself. It leads to fulfilment and happiness in life and has a great significance in most of the people’s life and Indian defined marriage a completely new level.
The Wedding Traditions in India are all in all an impressive manifestation of the rich and vibrant cultural heritage of the country. Interestingly as India is known for its unity in diversity, this can be fairly seen implicated in the Wedding Traditions as well.
A series of rituals are followed not only on the day of the wedding but also before and after. As these rituals and traditions are extremely unique and crazily amazing, it suffices to say that, it happens only in Indian Weddings
Let us have a look at all the crazy stuffing of Indian Weddings:
- All three generations of a family come together in super celebration mode.
- Food is the highlight of any Indian wedding. You get varieties in veg and non-veg. In fact, in India food is the major reason why 90%of your guests turn up at the wedding.
- The bliss of late night chatting and catching up with your cousins. Drinking too.
- Everywhere you go, someone or the other is playing cards. And everyone bets big money.
- Full night betting and playing cards is a tradition. Also, people bet huge amounts of money.
- Kids have an amazing time as it is one of the rarest of the rare occasion when Indian parents are not strict and let their kids let loose and have some fun.
- Indian weddings have this weird knack of cramming people into tiny-tiny rooms and sleep on the floor. And people most definitely love it.
- Indian weddings also have a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Seriously!
- In Indian wedding lots and lots of stuff gets misplaced. Safety pins, makeup, bobby pins, pooja ki thali, shagun ke lifafe and god knows what not!!!!
- Indian weddings a very expensive, there is loads of money moving around. Shagun, shagun and more shagunnnnnn!!
- The most enjoyed tradition is of stealing shoes, where the sisters in law have the right to steal the groom’s shoes. The best part here is, you get paid for it. The best steal deal of all time.
- Photos get clicked in every other corner. And all you can hear is click click click. In fact, the photos taken at an Indian wedding can exceed Vogue cover shoot too.
- A wedding is the only time when you can witness all the Indian aunties abandon their pretences of “tehzeeb” and dance like crazy.
- Then there is a DJ, and just to have the guests blend in there will also be a makeshift “DJ floor.” With all those fancy rainbow lights. Smart!!
- Indian weddings don’t need an orchestra. We have our super aunties with their dholaks and chamchas rocking the party.
- The other part of the wedding is none other than ‘the Baraati Dance’, with special ‘Naagin dance’ of the groom’s friends.
- And when there is the baraat, the baraati then no doubt there has to be a band in tow, complete with dhol, trumpet
- It is that time you realize that you alone have enough relatives to put the population of China to shame. No? Just kidding!!! But yes it is definitely the time for you to meet relatives whose existence never came to your attention followed by an hour-long introduction session with all of them, with never-ending ‘namastes’ and ‘pairi ponas’. So by the end of the evening, you are sporting a sore back
- There is too much of young blood flirting everywhere and having the time of their lives
- Even the matchmaking aunties find it hard to not hyperventilate at the sight of so many young and unmarried males and females. And how can we forget the impromptu ‘Rishta’ hookups by the parents itself who are always hunting for suitable grooms or brides for their single kids?
- The clothes worn by the Indian women at the wedding are enough to put the award shows to shame and the over the top jewelry and accessories would put the rappers to shame. Oh yeah!!
- Finally, it is time for the bride to leave her home. You definitely need a heart of stone and tear glands as dry as the Sahara Desert to not cry in this situation
Definitely, without a doubt, there is a lot more other stuff which happens at an Indian wedding, like endless posing for the perky photographers, the famous Tilak ceremony to welcome the groom, the crying fest of ladies during the pheras sand much more. It is right next to impossible to define the phenomenon that describes Indian weddings all at once.