Category: wedding customs

7 Extremely Weird Wedding Traditions

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Introduction: Weddings are supposed to be fun loving and the most remembered event of one’s life. What play a major role in any wedding ceremony is traditions one has to follow. These traditions vary depending on country, place, region etc. However in some places these traditions can be so strange they may seem weird to you. Here are some such type of weird traditions all over the world. Blackening the Bride:Scotland This tradition is definitely one you wouldn’t wish for yourself. The friends, relatives of the bride will surprise her…

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7 things to consider for throwing your BFF Bachelorette Party

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Introduction: Your BFF getting married is definitely most enjoyable and party time for you along with her. But there are certain things that have to be followed to give her proper send off before her D-day. One of them is certainly a Bachelorette party.Instead of her planning and stressing over herself why not you throw it for her and make her happy?If you are worrying how you can do that you need not fret yourself worrying how to plan it. Here are some fun loving and easy going ideas for you…

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7 Vows and their Significance

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Introduction: In the excitement of D-day people generally fret a lot since it is such a hectic thing to plan and most importantly it is the fulfillment of dreams to many. Everybody wishes their big day to be lavish, pompous if possible a bit extravagant and  many other things. But among all those things the vital part is about following traditions. The Indian Hindu marriages accustoms to these traditions and their sacredness, significance irrespective of style, place and all. One such sacred ritual is the Seven Vows commonly called as “Saat…

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Increase in Love Marriages

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Introduction: A father’s biggest wish and thinks of as his greatest responsibility upon seeing a daughter/son being born into his family is her/his wedding day. The anticipation of that day is too much for any father or any family. From the olden days where groom’s selection is the decision that solely depends on a father but not the girl who will be marrying him or you can say vice versa father choosing a bride for his son, times have definitely changed .   image source Love marriages became such common thing these…

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Bachelor and Bachelorette parties

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Bachelor and Bachelorette parties: “Bachelor party”  the first thing comes into our mind when we think about this is, Group of men having fun with light music, dance, colorful lights around and yeah, of course, hand full of drinks. Generally, Bachelorette parties are held before marriage. Never miss to know that girls also throw parties same as men, which are called by name Bridal Showers. These type of parties are no more luxurious parties, they became a compulsory ritual which is held before marriage in almost every community. The style…

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Karva – Chauth – The song

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The Karwa chauth song is sung when the women get together to perform pooja add sit in a circle to listen to Karwa chauth Katha and and sing the following song while rotating the thalis containing Baya. “Veero Kudiye Karwada, Sarv Suhagan Karwada, Aye Katti Naa Teri Naa, Kumbh Chrakhra Feri Naa, Gwand Pair payeen Naa, Sui Cha Dhaga Payi Naa, Ruthda maniyen Naa, Suthra Jagayeen Naa, Bahaein Pyari Veera Chan Chadde te Pani Peena, Lay Veero Kuriye Karwara, Lay Sarv Suhagan Karwara.” Reference : http://www.indif.com/nri/bhajan/karwa_chauth/karwachauth_song1.asp

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Karva – Chauth – The Pooja Process

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Karva Chauth / Karwa Chauth, one of many Hindu festivals, is a fasting ritual observed by all married Hindu women who seek the longevity, prosperity and well-being of their husbands. This festival is very popular amongst married Hindu women in the western and northern parts of India, primarily in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh. During the Karwa Chauth festival, married Hindu women dedicate the day to their husbands. Normally, women who observe this festival are called “Saubhagyavati” meaning “joyous and happy status of wifehood.” The festival was emerged…

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Karva – Chauth – Traditional tales

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There are legends associated with the Karva Chauth festival. In some tellings, the tales are interlinked, with one acting as a frame story for another. The Story of Queen Veervati A beautiful queen called Veervati was the only sister of seven loving brothers. She spent her first Karva Chauth as a married woman at her parents’ house. She began a strict fast after sunrise but, by evening, was desperately waiting for the moonrise as she suffered severe thirst and hunger. Her seven brothers couldn’t bear to see their sister in…

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Karva – Chauth – Origin

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  Karva is another word for ‘pot’ (a small earthen pot of water) and chauth means ‘fourth’ in Hindi (a reference to the fact that the festival falls on the fourth day of the dark-fortnight, or krishna paksh, of the month of Kartik). It is uncertain how the festival originated and how it came to be celebrated only in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. One hypothesis is that military campaigns and long-distance travel usually resumed around the time of the festival, as the area dried and numerous rivers…

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karva – Chauth – The Hindu Festival

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Karva Chauth (Hindi: करवा चौथ) is a one-day festival celebrated by Hindu women in North India in which married women fast from sunrise to moon-rise for the safety and longevity of their husbands. The fast is observed in the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gujarat. The festival falls on the fourth day after the full moon, in the Hindu lunisolar calendar month of Kartik. Sometimes, unmarried women observe the fast for their fiances or desired…

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