a) Mayoun - yellow cotton shalwar kameez with a multi-colored georgette (sp?) dupatta and gota on the edges (my phoophe made it for me)
b) Mehndi - Kameez was a medium dark mehndi green (it was supposed to be sunflower yellow but oh well) with orange and gold dapka kaam and other beads and sequins on the neckline and sleeves and at the end of the kameez, the shalwar and dupatta was a light mehndi green with the same kaam at the paiycha of the shalwar and the edges of the dupatta
c - Shaadi, you know that picture of the red gharara that Iman Ali ( I think it's her) is wearing on the bargello website, the one that a lot of brides have worn? Yeah, my outfit was supposed to look like that but came to be looking totally different. Sigh. Anyway, it was a nice red jamawar gharara with gold embroidery and the most gold dapka kaam and sequins and beads and who knows what other kaam at the end of the gharara, it was so heavy and I had told the guy not to make it so heavy; the kameez was a red shiffon with the same kaam on the borders (and they ended up making it short too, argh). And there was supposed to be some green on the edges of the dupatta and the kameez and the gharara and like in the circles all around the dupatta and shirt, well I chose a dark hunter green and the person who made it ended up putting that green on VELVET so it looked so Black, oh man was I mad, but it all looked ok in the pictures, I guess. =/
-Valima - loved this outfit, many people liked it too. It was an off-white/cream kameez (I'm not sure what material) with a hunter green border and the kaam in the border was just gorgeous, it was with brick red/pink dapka kaam, with lots of multi-colored sequins and beads and some crystals. The dupatta was the same as the kameez and so heavy! The sharara was hunter green jamawar (same as the border) and had embroidery and kaam all over and the end had a cream border with some flowy/wavy green jamawar material after that.
Engagement: Navy blue shirt with golden,silver and maroon kaam on it with navy blue golden jamavaar chooridaar.
Nikkah:Bright Red colour kattan silk shalwar kameez with light zari work on neckline and armline.much of the much heavy zarri golden bright red chaddur..
Mayoun:lemon colour suit with gotta work and net dupatta ..dupatta also had yellow green gottas
Mehndi:mehndi colour kattan silk chooridaar and short kameez having gotta work buss normal work not light not heavy..chaddur was in block print having colours of mehndi,maroon,golden,greenish shades..full gotta work...
Shadi:bright red colour..short lehnga made of velvet,jamavur...shirt made of jamavaar..two or three different stuffs were used in the shirt with kaam on it...the sleeves were made of net..with the jhallur of mottis on the arms..
Valima:royal blue,feorzi,turqois coloured normal lehnga and shirt of light feorzi colour..it had the cut work as well.. means at the bottom of lehnga and on the sleeves of the shirt
^ I agree, but I want photos before I make a final decision :D
i will ladies as soon as i get all the outfits, i will soon post the pic of my sari just need some spare time when i can do all the pics taking and posting. These days every day at work is so hectic and exhausting by the time work , gym and other things i am so tired just need my bed. I promised i will post some pic this weekend.
a) Engagement - creamish/gold and off-white jamawar shalwar kameez (silk shirt and jamawar shalwar)
b) Dholki - yellow and dark magenta churidar pajama (silk shirt and jamawar pajama)
c) Mendhi - yellow and green gharara (don't know the fabric, but it was lush)
d) Shadi - anar red rajasthani lengha with olive green and royal blue on the borders
e) Walima - skin colour and turquoise/sea green type of bluish colour lengha
Something I have wondered for a long time! Can someone tell me whats the difference between these functions. What happens at each one??
- an Ubtan
- a Dholki
- a Mayoon
- a Mehndi
Something I have wondered for a long time! Can someone tell me whats the difference between these functions. What happens at each one??
- an Ubtan
- a Dholki
- a Mayoon
- a Mehndi
I'm Kashmiri, so we don't do a lot of these ceremonies, but based on what I've seen at other people's weddings, I think 'ubtan,' 'mayoun,' and 'manjha' are all basically the same ceremony (I think Punjabis usually call it mayoun, and Mohajirs call it 'manjha'). Whatever you call it, it's basically celebrating the beginning of the whole wedding process...it's usually the first pre-wedding ceremony, and is traditionally held several days before the wedding. The groom's family sends over a plain yellow outfit and ubtan, and the bride is supposed to put on the outfit and have the ladies of her family rub ubtan on her skin and perform all sorts of other customs. From that point on, she's supposed to into seclusion and stop leaving the house...and she's supposed to stop changing her clothes and wear the one yellow outfit till the wedding.
Dholkis are just informal gatherings held for several nights before the mehndi and wedding...the bride and/or groom's family gather and sing wedding songs to the beat of a drum...
Mehndis are customarily held the night before the wedding. The bride's family traditionally brings the groom's family mehndi and gifts, and vice vesa...and various customs pertaining to applying mehndi to the bride & groom's hands are performed.
Engagement: Navy blue shirt with golden,silver and maroon kaam on it with navy blue golden jamavaar chooridaar.
Nikkah:Bright Red colour kattan silk shalwar kameez with light zari work on neckline and armline.much of the much heavy zarri golden bright red chaddur..
Mayoun:lemon colour suit with gotta work and net dupatta ..dupatta also had yellow green gottas
Mehndi:mehndi colour kattan silk chooridaar and short kameez having gotta work buss normal work not light not heavy..chaddur was in block print having colours of mehndi,maroon,golden,greenish shades..full gotta work...
Shadi:bright red colour..short lehnga made of velvet,jamavur...shirt made of jamavaar..two or three different stuffs were used in the shirt with kaam on it...the sleeves were made of net..with the jhallur of mottis on the arms..
Valima:royal blue,feorzi,turqois coloured normal lehnga and shirt of light feorzi colour..it had the cut work as well.. means at the bottom of lehnga and on the sleeves of the shirt
"Mehndi:mehndi colour kattan silk chooridaar and short kameez having gotta work buss normal work not light not heavy..chaddur was in block print having colours of mehndi,maroon,golden,greenish shades..full gotta work..."
i have written Kattan Silk..its a type of silk ..now about the spellings...i dont know ..it could be Kattahn..may be like this..hehhehee
i wore a White outfit with golden brownish outline on my engagemnet ... n i love it
it was a karma's design... copied by mohsin :)
but it was lovely... they made it within 10 days alongwith eid holidays...... but it was loveeely :)
KATTAAN SILK 