Wedding event management is definitely not a piece of cake, it requires serious planning, hard work and time to pull of the wedding that resonates with the persona of two souls coming together in unison and creating a memorable experience for the family and friends who made all the way to be a part of your new beginning. While wedding planning companies will take care of your needs of decoration, hospitality, logistics, catering, invitation, and entertainment to name a few, across the 2-3 days of the celebrations. As you know the typical pre and post wedding ceremonies include mehendi, haldi, sangeet, wedding and reception, however, there are many small rituals typical to a community which won’t be briefed by any online wedding planner sheer because every community has their own special and peculiar rituals and once you brief them about it they will plan and manage it as well.
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The biggest example is the sangeet ceremony which was the main function of Punjabi families is now widely accepted by all the communities of the country. The small ceremonies are special and can’t be ignored because these add a tinge of drama, character, and fun to the celebrations. Best wedding planner due to their commendable experience in handling diverse weddings has listed a few fun rituals they have seen so far.
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Jooti In Exchange Of Money: this is the most exciting and challenging ritual in Indian weddings performed at the time of phere, the sisters and friends of the bride try to steal the shoes (jootis) of the groom. This isn’t as easy as it sounds like the brothers and friends of groom are right after the bride squad and doing everything possible to keep them away from the jootis.
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Nose Pulling Ritual: this ritual is basically seen in Marwari and Gujarati weddings when the mother of the bride welcomes the barati’s with a Puja thali and suddenly you will see her pulling the nose of the groom. This small playful ceremony has a meaning associated with it too. By pulling groom’s nose bride’s mother wants to tell him that he better take care of their loving daughter forever.
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The Runaway Groom: figuratively!!! This ritual is performed on the groom’s side when he starts to have second thoughts about the whole concept of marriage and wants to run away from the responsibilities. The maternal uncle of the groom tries his best to convince him to get back and lures the groom by promising him to give the gifts of his choice.
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Bride’s Turn: now comes the turn of our beautiful bride. When the bride joins the groom on stage, her seat is occupied by the nieces and nephews of the groom and they ask for presents in exchange for the seat. How adorable isn’t it!!
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Bring It On: once the wedding vows are made, just before the Bidai, the bride and groom play a series of fun games and it is said that the one who wins the majority has an upper hand in marriage and is considered to dominate the other. Brace up, brides!!!
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We would like to know rituals typical of your community as well in the comments below.
