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Articles: My Thoughts | Marriage Traditions
- Ms. chinuku chitti Time waste
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Marriage Ceremony
Once the bridal couple is seated opposite each other on the stage a white cloth is held between them so that they cannot see each other. The bride's family makes a bundle of two threads entwined. This is offered to the priest, who holds both the right hands of the couple beneath the cloth and makes seven rounds of thread on their hands. Family members who are married hold this thread from the right and seven rounds are taken on the stage while the priest chants prayers. The couples then throw some rice on one another and then the cloth is removed. The couple then sits facing east and then the priest asks in Persian three times 'Do you wish to marry this man/woman' and the couple have to say 'Pasande Kardum'. After completion of the blessing rings are exchanged and the priest declares that the couple are officially married and the groom kisses the bride.
Post Marriage Ceremony
The first task after the marriage ceremony is to legalise the marriage. A representative from the office of the Registrar of Marriages is invited as an honoured guest to stay for the marriage feast. The young couple signs the documents of marriage registration and the official seal is then stamped on the paper. After this the couple head straight for the Fire Temple to offer prayer and take blessings of the God. And then the couple attends the reception party. After the party the bride and the bridegroom leave for home separately guarding a 'diya' in a small silver container. The bridegroom reaches home first and carefully places the 'diya' on the sidetable in the bedroom. The bride is then accompanied by her aunt or other female relatives and she also guards the flame and on reaching home to her impatiently waiting husband places the lamp next to his in the bedroom. And this culminates the marriage.
************* HAPPY MARRIAGE****************
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