SS Notes

Wedding

  • A rite of passage that joins 2 families together through the couple

How are Marriages made?

  • Arranged

    • The family helps pick the spouse for their child

    • Strict Arranged

      • The family picks the spouse and the child has no say

    • Loose Arranged

      • The family helps but the child can say no

  • Love Match

    • The couple chooses each other and it is based on love

Indian American Wedding

  • Sangeet

    • Means “Sung Together”

    • A large party the night before the wedding with a large “talent show” where family members perform dances

  • Choora

    • 21 red/maroon bangles gifted to bride

    • maternal uncles help the bride put them on

  • Kalire

    • Gold jewelry hung from the bangles

    • Unmarried sisters put them on the bride

  • Haldi Ceremony

    • Haldi mean tumeric

    • Wedding morning

    • Family puts tumeric paste on bride and groom

      • symbolizes purifying, blessings, and warding off the evil eye

  • Sherwani

    • The traditional outfit the groom wears

  • Lehenga

    • The outfit the bride wears

  • Couple wears red and gold

  • Baraat

    • bridal procession

    • husband rides an animal up to the wedding

      • elephant, white horse, etc

    • Bride’s family members block his way and must be paid

  • Chaadar

    • Bride walks down the aisle escorted by her brothers under a chaadar which is made out of her mother’s wedding Sari

    • mothers blessings and history

  • Terasalla

    • curtain that separates the bride and groom during the ceremony

  • Bride and groom put flower garlands on each other

    • whoever does it first is supposed to have the power in the marriage

  • Jeelakarra Bellam

    • couple places hands filled with a paste of bitter/sweet herbs on each others heads

      • represents joys and struggles in life

    • couple is married

Brazilian Wedding

  • Fun, joyful, noisy

  • fusion of traditional brazilian culture and catholic

  1. Pampering the bride

    • day before

    • massages, facials, etc

    • bride feels good and free from stress

  2. Brighter dresses for bridesmaids

    • bridesmaids wearing the same color is bad luck

    • wear bright colors

  3. Writing names in the hem

    • bride writes single friends’ names in dress’s hem

      • good luck in love life

  4. Wearing gold shoes

  5. Gold heel dancing

    • Put gold shoes in the middle of the dance floor

    • money gets put in shoe

  6. How to tame a donkey

  7. Church Wedding Ceremony

  8. Tie auction

    • Best man auctions off pieces of grooms tie

  9. Sweets Table

    • Brigadeiro

      • Sprinkle covered chocolate balls

      • given to guests on way out

      • Translates to well married

    • Bem Casada

      • Cake filled with dulce de leche

  10. Lifting of the bride and her dress

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