2. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani V
The wedding in India and Asia are more
oriented towards showing importance to
customs and tradition whereas the
situation is totally different in Americas
and Europe and is totally unlike where
they focus on wedding as more towards
celebration. This clear cut differentiation
on how wedding is treated across the
globe shows how much the Asians are
more concerned on customs.
Customs and traditions have more
impact on families
If you take any Asian marriage the
traditions and customs take the centre
stage. You cannot see even a single …
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3. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani V
marriage without any pre wedding and
post wedding rituals. The ceremony in
India covers the aspect of introduction
ceremony, including mukut bandhan,
haldi rasam, gyani vasa, and khurma.
Besides all this, the Asian believes that
the wedding or marriage brings in unity
and joy to the family wherein the unity is
sustained by the fact of rituals and
unique traditions in the wedding
ceremony.
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4. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani V
Wedding planners play a major role
in Asian wedding
As articulated above a wedding or
marriage in Asia involves lot and lot of
activities and arrangement. Unlike the
western counterpart the marriage in
Asia cover the entire family and you
have lots of members attending when
you have more members attending and
more number of activities that is where
a wedding planner plays the major role
of giving you the peace of mind.
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5. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani V
Asian wedding is more concerned on
haldi rasam
The important pre wedding ceremony in
Asian wedding is the halid rasam. This
ceremony happens in the girl’s house
and it is more concerned towards
building purity and building beauty to the
girl before marriage. Usually the haldi
rasam happens a day before the
marriage or two days before the
marriage. In haldi the root of turmeric is
used for bringing in purity. That is the
turmeric is dissolved in water with some
neam leaves and then the girl takes
bath with that water. The Asian also
believes that the turmeric yellow water ..
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6. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani V
will bring in light and colour to the skin
of the bride. Besides creating a spiritual
impact the yellow water also clears the
skin and anchors the natural tone to the
girls face and skin.
Mehendi is the other important
ceremony in Asian wedding
The mehendi ceremony starts with a
prayer to the goddess followed by other
customs and traditions. Once the
respect to the goddess of the family is
done the real mehendi begins. The
mehendi is usually applied in the hands
and feet of bride and groom. The palms,
the fingers and the toes are completely
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7. Akola Marriage Tradition Including Mukut
Bandhan, Haldi Rasam, Gyani Vasa, Khurma And
Introduction Ceremony
covered with mehendi or henna. The
mehendi ceremony takes place before
the haldi rasam ceremony.
The important aspect of both haldi
rasam and the mehendi is that they
remove the negative aspect from the
girl. Once the haldi and mehendi is over
the girl is allowed to go freely and move
away from her house to the wedding
hall. This is because the Asians believe
that haldi and mehendi will wipe away
all evil impact if any from the girls.
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