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Banias And Their Marriage Rituals

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People spend their whole lives looking for a perfect match. The procedure of finding a suitable bride or groom is almost same in every culture with the categorization of it being a love or an arranged marriage. Marriages are made in heaven, but are given a final nod by our parents. In almost all Indian families parents are the final decision makers for choosing the life partner for their children.

Though, the cultures and traditions of all the marriages resolve the purpose of celebrating the marriage with great pop and gaiety and to bless the couple for their successful married life. The marriage ceremonies and rituals vary according to the traditions and cultural background of a particular community. There are few communities in the country which are present all over the world and are defined according to their business and work culture. One of such communities is Banias, they are the people involved in the business like banking, money- lending, or the people dealing with the selling of products like, grains, groceries, spices and oil. Banias can be the people with sir names like Aggarwal, Agarwal, Baniya, Bani, Agarwal Marwari, Banikar, Oswal, Marwari, Mahajan, etc.

These people are popularly known as the thrifty or the penny- pinching community, but their marriages are celebrated at a very large scale with lavishing food and arrangements. Most of the Jains and Hindus constitute the Bania community. The people who follow Hindu religion are called Meshris, where others following Jain culture are called Shravaks. The Banias marriage date are supposed to be fixed by the parents during the time period of Kartika Sud i.e. 11th of October- November to Asarba Sud, i.e. 11th of June- July.

The marriage ceremony in a Bania family starts with the worship of Ganpati ji in both the houses of the bride and the groom, which is performed few days before the actual day of marriage. The ganpati pooja is organized to seek blessing from the god and the ceremony is called Mandav. The decoration of the marriage Mandav is done after the prayers. Then the ladies of the house go to a potters place, signing and dancing, as a procession, there they sprinkle sandalwood powder and flowers on the potters wheel, after which they bring earthen pots back home to be, used in the marriage ceremonies.

A day before the marriage both the Bania families, carry gifts and wedding dress for bride and groom to each others house respectively. The bride and the groom do not participate in these rituals. The wedding dress of the bania bride and the groom is usually a lehnga- choli or saree and a sherwani or kurta pyjami respectively.

On the day of the wedding, both the houses are decorated with all lights and flowers, all the family members, friends and distant relatives are invited to attend the wedding ceremony. To begin with the marriage day ceremonies, balls of cow dung ashes are thrown in all the four directions, meanwhile the brides mother takes seven circular rounds around the groom holding curd in two earthen pots, which afterwards are crushed by the right foot of the groom allowing him to enter the Brides house or the place of marriage.
Then the mother of the Bania bride washes the feet of the groom with honey, curd, sugar, milk and ghee to add the purifying factor. After this, the actual marriage ceremonies take place of Kanyadan (a ritual where the parents gives away the responsibility of their daughter to the groom for the lifetime), phere (seven circles around the sacred fire to promise each others support in all walks of life), after which the groom applies sindur or read powder on the forehead of the groom and then makes her wear a mangalsutra, marking the proof of a married women. All this leads to the completion of the Bania marriage ceremonies, which are more or less like a Hindu marriage.

Then the Bidayi ceremony takes place, a part of which the Bania bride moves away to the grooms house to lead a happy married life. The carriage or the car carrying the bride towards her new house is made to crush a coconut to mark a pure and happy beginning of their married life.

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No One Likes Being Bored At A Wedding

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Have you ever been to a wedding that was so boring you could hardly stand it? Maybe by the time that the tungsten wedding bands were exchanged, you already felt as though you had been at the wedding for two days. Let’s face it; this is an unpleasant feeling and one that should be avoided. Your guests shouldn’t have to suffer this sort of boredom either. Here are a few ideas for how you could handle the boredom of a wedding.

Some of your guests may not know anyone at your wedding. A great way to make people feel more comfortable is to make sure that guests have something to do. During the ceremony, they will be entertained by watching you exchange your vows. Before the ceremony, however, problems can occur if you do not have anything to keep your guests occupied.

Reading Material. Some simple reading material can go a long way to keep people from being completely bored. The material could be a compilation of material concerning the wedding, where the wedding is occurring, who is providing the catering, fun facts about the bride and groom or any other facts that you might want to include. The main point is to give people something to do other than stare at a wall.

Games for the Kids. Children often feel as though sitting around and waiting is about as bad as life can get. This means that they might not be too concerned with the fact that it’s your wedding day. Giving children age appropriate games or toys is a great way to keep children from feeling bored. Relaxed occupied children mean relaxed parents. Keep this in mind when you have your wedding. It will decrease the chances of having your wedding interrupted by an anxious child.

A great way to determine the best way to entertain your wedding guests is to think back on weddings that you have attended in the past. What was fun? What was a little boring? What ideas can you incorporate into your wedding to make the experience enjoyable for everyone involved? Use these ideas to create a fun wedding for all of your guests.

Unique Ideas on Simple Church Wedding Decorations

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If you are planning to have a church wedding, I am assuming that you prefer a clean and quiet atmosphere at your wedding venue, instead of a little loud and over the top. The same thinking can be extended if planning a church wedding decorations as well. Wedding decorations for a church should ideally be simple, elegant and noble, so that they fit together and add to the charm and the feeling that a place like a church radiates.

Let us first understand what everything is to start a church wedding decorations. The entrances and exits, doors, benches, Aile, altar, ceiling and floor – these are the things and places that need to be dressed for a church wedding. There are many ways to decorate them, like flowers, ribbons, candles, lamps, lanterns, etc. But before the wedding decorations, you should be sure that the color combination that you want at your wedding. If you ask me, there is no other color of purity and sanctity of the church as white. After an all white church wedding, the whole thing look very classy and sophisticated. However, if you are someone that an all white wedding a bit tedious, a combination of red and white, green and white or purple and white are some other good wedding color schemes for weddings believes.

Flowers Are well chosen and displayed fresh flowers, the beauty of the wedding place beyond imagination to add. You can make a beautiful centerpiece with flowers and keep them at the welcome table. You can make arrangements with them and hang them as decorations around the venue, including at the church entrance and door. Hanging a wreath made of roses in front of the door is a very unique idea that will attract the immediate attention of your guests when they enter the wedding venue. To give a bit of fairy tale effect to your wedding, you can cover the aisle with rose petals. In fact there are so many creative things you can do with fresh flowers, you need to think out of the box! One thing to remember when choosing flowers is to ensure that they are of the same color as theRest of the wedding decorations.

Lights and candles If the church can allow, there are a number of innovative ways to light up the venue. Hanging colorful LED lights at the entrance to a bow, a funny feeling lends to the atmosphere. This idea should be used only for evening weddings. For morning weddings, an arch of flowers, balloons and ribbons will be made. Are pillar candles in hurricane glasses and then placed in the line down the center aisle. Candlesticks and candle stands can be placed on the decorative altar to increase the visual attractiveness. Keeping candles on the windowsill by her centerpieces or flower arrangements, these are some other simple church wedding decorations that you are considering.

Faux Pearls One of the most unique yet simple church wedding decoration ideas is to hang rows of faux pearls from the ceiling of the church. Faux pearls are in colors like red, white and pink. Beads of different colors can be strung together and hung from the ceiling to give a very different feel to the venue. Faux pearls can be added to it also looks interesting for other decorative arrangements.

Fabrics Tulle will add a kind of delicacy for your wedding decorations. You can hang this sheer fabric in the form of U, from the side of the pews. Fill made the “U” with a bow of ribbon or a flower arrangement, attached to the tip. If you are adding some elaborate decorations, the church wedding is to think you can tulle in some unique way, hang back and forth from the church walls and place large ribbon bow between. White, pink and silverTulle looks best, as these colors add a feminine touch, the rest of the wedding decorations.

Potted plants These days it’s not just flowers, potted plants are also used as a church decorations for weddings. You can order a number of ornamental potted plants and place them on both sides of the entrance, in a row, for the effect. Pot plants look particularly great if you have chosen green and white wedding colors. Potted plants can be at different corners in the interior of the church and silver can be placed artificial stars are hung from them to the place of a Christmassy feel.

Wooden Name Initials As the wedding vows are made to the altar, there is a place that is very prominent figure in all the wedding photos. An interesting way to is to decorate it and hang the name initials of the bride and groom, carved from the wood in the wings. These names with initials, flowers, moss, beads and ribbons are decorated to add their attractiveness.

Have with these simple church wedding decorations in the sleeves, you can place any attractive and memorable wedding. One last tip before I sign out – when it comes to church wedding decorations, they should feel not only planned and designed to look beautiful, but also in a way that the feelings and the venue remains intact!

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Wedding Dress Shopping

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This is the big day! The dress is the biggest part of the show! What will you wear? Who will go with you to pick it out? What will look best? These questions and others plague every bride as she begins the journey towards her second love, her wedding dress. Being thoughtful about the process of selecting your wedding dress, will create an experience that is memorable because of the amazing way it made you feel.

1. Style: Brides almost never arrive to a dress shop with absolutely no clue as to what they want to wear on their wedding day. Most have looked online or in magazines to see what styles they would like. While this is a great way to get a head start, it can also be a source of extreme disappointment. The style you have in mind might look fabulous on you. However, there is a chance it might not. Keeping an open mind when going to look for a dress is an important part of the journey. You may be completely surprised, but none the less thrilled with the style that actually does look fabulous on you. I had my heart set on a particular dress from a magazine when I went dress shopping. It was the first one I tried on at the store and I immediately knew when I saw myself in it that it was not for me. However, it did not ruin my day and I found there were plenty more styles that I liked even better.

2. Who to take: Traditionally, only a few people or even just the mother of the bride see the wedding dress before its debut. Today, brides want to feel more inclusive with their bridesmaids, siblings and sometimes even their fianc. This is completely up to the bride, however, this will be an emotional experience and it is always best to choose people who will be emotionally supportive. Yes, you want people who will honestly give you an opinion on dresses, but opinions and truth can be presented in various ways and taking people along who will present it in a loving, thoughtful way will make your experience that much richer. When I went to pick out my dress, I took my sister, who was my matron of honor and my mother. I narrowed it down to two dresses and even went back a second day to try them both on again before I finally chose one. Once I had narrowed it down to the two, my sister and mother never stated which one they preferred. They simply told me that I looked beautiful in both and that whichever one I went with would be wonderful. That was so reassuring to me. I did try and pressure them a bit to confess which one they preferred, but they never did. I got to make the final selection and only received accolades from both. It was an awesome experience and I felt nothing but love and support from them.

3. Budget! Budget! Budget!: Did I mention budget? Can you imagine anything worse than looking in the closet at your wedding dress a month after your wedding and then looking at the stack of bills you and your husband have to pay and regretting that you went way over budget on a dress that you only wore for one day? This can sometimes happen even if you stayed on budget just because of the short time the dress is actually worn. So, if you have a budget, stick to it. If you don’t have a budget, but really need one, set one prior to going to look at dresses. Don’t live with regret.

4. Don’t be afraid to be creative: There are many options for accenting wedding dresses, so don’t be afraid to think outside the wedding dress box. For example, a colored sash makes a great addition to a dress that might not have the right amount of bling or style for you. A veil can also drastically change the look of a gown or a rhinestone head piece, if a veil isn’t for you. The point is to not just look at the dress as is, but consider how to give it your own personal touch. This can be especially important if you have selected a dress that helps you stay on budget, but isn’t your ideal gown.

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The Beautiful Wedding Locations and Melody for a Wedding

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Wedding is so romantic thing, for which you will make a plan when you were very young. Do you think wedding locations? It is to choose a beautiful place for your wedding, and where do you think is the best place for you?

I can give you some advice, and you can think about it. China, I think China is the first choice for you to have the wedding because you can see the most beautiful place in China. China is an old country, and there are a lot of histories of China. There are so many showplaces in China. The bride can dress like a princess, and the groom can dress like a king. Do you think it is interesting?

The other advice is that you can hold a wedding in France, and France is the most romantic place in the world. France is so beautiful, and you will have a wonderful feeling there. I think except China, France is the first choice for you.

When the wedding march is played in the wedding, it means that the new couples will walk into a new life. Accompanied by this touching and beautiful melody, the god witness the marriage between them, and since then the two lovers will become the sincere one to each other.

The wedding march is not just the only song for a wedding; it is just the prominent representative among the wedding music. The wedding march is usually heard when the bride walk to their husband, and this melody will stop when the new couples vow to each other. Recent years, some couples will invite the singers to sing a song of greeting in the wedding.

The singers often choose the light music and meaningful songs that can bring the best wishes to the couples. When the couples speak to each other, the soft piano melody will construct a comfortable atmosphere. The romantic word, the beautiful music and the sacred oath, they mix together and form a sweet scene.

When the guests have their dinners, the Jazz and Boss nova can be very suitable for the atmosphere there. Do remember that the noisy music should not be displayed in the wedding; it will easily mess up the good moods of couples and show your bad tastes.

The music to a wedding can add the delight of a wedding and make a wedding more colorful. The appropriate music will give you the romantic feelings.