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  2. Ritu Kala Samskaram - Wikipedia

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    She receives half-saris, which she wears until she is married, when she wears a full sari. [1] During the first part of the ceremony, the girl wears a langa voni, or half sari. Her maternal uncle then gifts her her first sari, which she wears during the second half of the ceremony. This marks her transition into womanhood.

  3. Samskara (rite of passage) - Wikipedia

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    A Tamil Hindu girl (center) in 1870 wearing a half-saree, flowers and jewelry from her Ritu Kala samskara rite of passage. Keshanta (IAST: Keśānta) (literally, getting rid of hairs) is the first shave of a youth's facial hair. This was typically observed about age sixteen, and the emerging beard and moustache were shaved.

  4. Langa voni - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] It is also known as the two-piece sari or half sari. [3] Girls younger than this may wear it on special occasions. It comprises a langa or paavadai , a skirt which is tied around the waist using string, and a voni , oni , or daavani , which is a cloth usually 2 to 2.5 metres (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in) in length.

  5. Culture of Andhra Pradesh - Wikipedia

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    Langa-Voni (Half saree), Sarees made in Kalamkari, Venkatagiri are the result of this 3000-year-old fashion tradition. Vaddaanam, Aravanke, Kashulahaaram, Buttalu and various standard gold jewelry designs are fine examples of this continuously evolving ancient tradition.

  6. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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    Teenage girls may wear half-sarees, a three-piece set consisting of a langa, a choli and a stole wrapped over it like a saree. Women usually wear full sarees. Women usually wear full sarees. Indian wedding saris are typically red or pink, a tradition that goes back to India's pre-modern history.

  7. Indian wedding invitations - Wikipedia

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    It is printed on Indian wedding cards to bring harmony and peace to a function like marriage. Christian symbols: The symbols printed on the Christian wedding cards are the cross, church, the Lord Jesus and many more. These symbols denote purity, simplicity and holiness. The symbols are believed to bring sanctity to the whole wedding function.

  8. Culture of Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    Charminar. The culture of Hyderabad, also known as Hyderabadi Tehzeeb (حیدرآبادي تہذیب ) or Dakhini Tehzeeb (دکني تہذیب ), [1] is the traditional cultural lifestyle of the Hyderabadi Muslims, and characterizes distinct linguistic and cultural traditions of North and South India, which meet and mingle in the city and erstwhile kingdom. [2]

  9. Navjote - Wikipedia

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    The initiate is then seated and garlanded. The priest then recites the Tan Darosti (blessings and good wishes) prayer where for the first time the appropriate prefix (behdin, osta, or osti) is used (see below) for the initiate. Persons who have not yet had a Navjote are accorded the prefix Khurd.