Tag: PreWeddingRituals

Why Is It Bad Luck to See Each Other Before the Wedding...

The prohibition on seeing each other before the wedding is one of the most unive...

Before the Church, There Is the Coconut: Inside Goa's S...

The Roce Ceremony is the heart of every Goan Catholic wedding — a deeply intimat...

Every Hand That Applies the Paste Is a Prayer: The Anci...

Pithi — the ancient Gujarati ritual of anointing the bride and groom with a sacr...

The Gold Border That Says You Already Belong: Pudamuri ...

Pudamuri — the ritual gifting of a Kasavu saree and complete set of clothes by t...

The Mark That Says Welcome to the Family: What the Tila...

The Tilak ceremony — the formal acceptance of the groom by the bride's family th...

The Last Morning of One Life: What the Haldi Ceremony R...

The Haldi ceremony — India's sacred pre-wedding turmeric ritual — is one of the ...

Why the Sagai Means More to NRI Families Than the Weddi...

The Sagai — India's formal engagement ceremony — is far more than a ring exchang...

Miles Apart, Ritually Together: Sagan and Roka in the N...

NRI.Wedding explores how traditional Sagan and Roka ceremonies are being adapted...