With the change of time and society the youth of metro cities have brought several changes in wed rituals of Indian weddings. Now, the various things like royal weddings, lehenga choli etc. are things of past and new things such as wedding planners, wedding websites and makeup artist are part of weddings.
2. Tremendous Change in Wedding Styl
The change is inevitable phenomena.
Only one thing is sure to happen in
this world. That is change. It affects
every aspect of life. Then how the
wedding style can be unaffected?
The metro cities house the people of
several races, regions, communities
and religions. Thus the culture of the
metropolitan cities is of mixed one.
This has affected the marriage
trends tremendously.
Following are the salient changes
brought by the youths in metro
cities:
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3. Tremendous Change in Wedding Styl
Eradication of caste barriers
Earlier, the marriages were performed
among the people of same caste. But,
as the people from various castes,
religions and places stay in
neighbourhood. They come in contact of
each other. The same thing happens in
case of office cultures too. So, it
becomes not uncommon for the modern
youth to find the mate from the other
castes, religions and races. Thus, rigid
caste barrier has been loosening in
marriages. Now the youth of metro
cities have out of box thinking and they
are willing to experiment the things
which are good for their life.
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4. Tremendous Change in Wedding Styl
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Search of Partners Online
Since the people of different sectors,
races and religion stay in metro cities.
The people who wish to get married in
their caste, religion, race and
community, find it difficult to get a
suitable life partner. In such case, they
look for the services of wedding
websites. They register themselves
on wedding website and search their
prospective life partner online.
Registered Marriages
Since the people in metro cities are
highly educated and they understand …
5. Tremendous Change in Wedding Styl
the importance of legal formalities; their
faith from religious taboos and rituals
have been reduced. Now the Indian
weddings in metro cities are not
performed in front of holy fire and as per
traditional wed rituals. The people are
no more willing in getting their
marriages performed as per direction of
Brahmins; rather they are opting for
registered marriages. These are
performed in the court premises and in
front of high officials.
Changes in Wedding Dress
Since the wedding venue is practically
changed in metro cities, so is the
wedding dress.
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6. Tremendous Change in Wedding Styl
Now the brides are not wearing
only lehenga choli or saree, but also
they are opting for western dresses as
their bridal wear too.
Use of Professional Services
In the metro cities, people are left with
very little time to manage all the affairs
of life such as marriage and other
functions. At the same time, the
professional services in the form
of wedding planners, wedding
photography, event managers, makeup
artist etc. are easily available. So, the
people are easily opting for the
professional services.
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7. Tremendous Change in
Wedding Styles by Youths
Specially In Metro Cities
Live-in Relationship
A new trend of couple living together
has been seen now-a-days in the metro
cities. The couple willing to stay
together are not even going for
marriage ties and they are staying
together as husband and wife. This form
of relationship is known as live-in
relationship. In this relationship, the
various hassles of royal weddings are
automatically eliminated and both the
partners feel more space and comfort in
their lives.
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