What To Expect At An Indian Wedding?

 Indian weddings are usually considered as fun to be at. Whether the wedding is in India or anywhere else in the world, it has to be full of food, Bollywood music, entertainment and energy. Getting bored at an Indian wedding is out of the question specially if you are a lover of all these. In this article, we are going to share some cool facts about an Indian wedding you sure are going to experience if you visit one. 

A variety of food

You will not leave an Indian wedding without having had tasted a minimum of 5 dishes that will be served to you on your table. Usually the food will be served to eat on a long banana leaf, but you can also expect in a thali (traditional Indian steel plate with several sections).

Bride embellished in lots of gold jewelry

It is a rare sight that you see an Indian bride who is not wearing enough gold jewelry. Gold is the traditionally preferred and extremely precious form of metal, adornment of a bride with which has been a long held heritage of the country. Therefore whether the wedding is in India or outside of it, an Indian wedding will definitely be distinctive of others due to the gold overload in the bridal jewelry.

Bollywood music

Music is a must at any Indian wedding. Those commonly heard traditional melodies like ‘boley chordian’ or ‘mehndi laga kay rakhna’ or anything trending can be on the music list to the sound of which you will also find ladies in shararas and men in kurtas dancing, cheering or simply enjoying the day.

A lot of guests

Inviting guests that you have long known to ones you have just made acquaintances with is a common trait of most Indians at their weddings. The more the people the greater the fun.

A Mandap setting

Indian weddings can not be complete without a mandap setup which is a crucial part of all Indian wedding ceremonies since this is where the bride and the groom are tied into a Hoy matrimony. You will see Mandaps decorated in the finest of ways. Some will be gleaming with bright yellow flowers or you can also witness a Mandap décor in Connecticut that will be adorned magnificently with roses or different combination of flowers.

The bride and groom will sit by a small fire and an Indian priest chanting the holy words and then you will watch them take 7 rounds around it too, within the Mandap and among the guests. During the same the couple will exchange garlands too.

These are some common things which you will not see at any other wedding since they are the unique traits of only an Indian Wedding.

Besides these unique features of an Indian Wedding, you may also experience a gift displaying ceremony in which guests would come one after the other and display the gift they have brought for the marries couple while handing it to them.

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