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Indian wedding culture

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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Indian wedding culture is very rich and wedding is celebrated as a sacrament in Indian culture. According to Indian culture, wedding is permission that allows couple to love and romance with each other as well as starts a happy along with. There are lots of rituals performed during Indian wedding that had started ancient time and are an important activity of wedding still now. The religious base of Hind wedding is happiness, growth and harmony.

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In ancient time Mangni ceremony was held before months from wedding day and at present it is called engagement ceremony. In the Mangni ceremony jewelry and cloths are gifted by family to prospective bride and groom. The wedding ceremony is one of the oldest cultural ceremonies in India. The wedding rituals were set more than fifty centuries earlier in the ancient Hindu scriptures. The guests have also importance in Indian wedding since most of the wedding rituals are performed by uncle and aunty of bride and groom.

Wedding Horse Riding

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Horse riding is itself full of enjoy and excitement. When it is done during wedding ceremony, its excitement is on peak. Horse riding is also a ritual of wedding ceremony in many religions. In India, horse riding is very old tradition that is performed to arrive at the wedding place with dance and music. Groom rides on horse to get married with his sweat heart. Wedding horse riding is a symbol of status and honor. Even this trend is moving to wedding car traveling.
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At present, many people like to use a car to reach at the wedding spot. There are many reasons behind it such as less availability of wedding horse, high cost and more. In some religion it is necessary due to their oldest wedding rituals. The people who believe in their oldest wedding tradition prefer horse riding during wedding ceremony. Thus as wedding horse riding ritual is in practice still now.
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