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Gaye Holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ), meaning "applying turmeric to the body," is a traditional Bengali pre-wedding ritual where the groom's family, without the groom, visits the bride’s house on the morning of the ceremony to celebrate and perform the turmeric function.
Gaye holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ lit: "yellow/turmeric on the body") or Gatro Horidra (গাত্র-হরিদ্রা) is a wedding ceremony observed by Bengalis. [1] It is part of an elaborate series of celebrations constituting a Bengali wedding. The gaye holud takes
A topor (Bengali: টোপর) is a type of conical headgear traditionally worn by the groom as part of the Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony for good luck. [1] [2] The topor is typically fragile, made of sholapith and white in colour. [1] [3] [4] The topor is traditionally given to the groom by the bride's family. [5]
Bengali wedding may refer to: Bengali Hindu wedding, Hindu marriage in Bengali culture; Bengali Muslim wedding, Muslim marriage in Bengali culture
Mala Badal- the ceremony when the bride and groom exchange garlands with each other. Mala badal (Bengali: মালা বদল) is part of the traditional Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony that involves the exchange of flower garlands between the bride and bridegroom, and is supposed to mark the first time when the bride and the bridegroom set eyes on each other.
A Bengali Muslim wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি মুসলিম বিয়ে) is a Bengali wedding in accordance with the Muslim faith. This is the dominant tradition of weddings seen among the Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh and the West Bengal state of India.
Most of these costs go towards dowries and the wedding celebration. [4] Scholars have characterized these expenditures as being strongly shaped by social norms and by desires to signal social status. [4] Hindu marriage ceremony A fancy Indian wedding taking place in Puducherry Bengali Hindu wedding in Kolkata
A Bengali Hindu wedding. This step is a part of Kanya Varanam, where the groom-to-be (brahmachari [38]) sends two elders on his behalf to the father of a girl whom he wishes to marry. The elders convey the message of the brahmachari and ask for the daughter's hand.