Ash And Abhi'z wedding =)

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Re: Ash And Abhi’z wedding =)

@teelobhain

A hindu friend of mine told me that mainly Hindu weddings (the mantars and all) are done either early in the morning or late at night and she was like theh process is about 2-3 hours long - she also said that the traditional stuff like you mentioned the reception, finding the ring etc are fun but the mantra reading process is very hmm how should i put it…serious i guess…was she right? is it for some specific community in which they do this or does it apply to all the hindu sects?

every community has different style of wedding… even in the same region in the state it varies a lot.. mantra reading or hawan is the actual wedding. It happens late in the night… during the hawan the bride initially sits on the right side of the groom and pundit chants seven promises one by one that the man has to promise to the bride… after every promise they take one phera…
and after the man has agreed on all than the woman sits on grooms left side. and than sindoor, mangal sutra etc…
actually not all the weddings have 7 pheras…
and the whole thing takes very long… now days pundits have humor so they joke a lot in the process… and you can make a joke on them tooo… to stay awake

but again i am only talking about the marriges i have been to… others may have different case…
one of my neighbours are sindhi… in their community the rukhsati is done differently. the bride does not leave house thro the gate. she jumps off the wall… just like she is running away…
and her brothers have to help her… i remember being on other side of wall helping her get down from the wall while her other brothers were helping her climb the wall from the other side… and a bus full of people watching us… :halo: