How to Manage Floral Arrangements at a Wedding

During weddings, flowers are one of the best gifts that one can bring along to bless the couple. It is important to take care of the flower bouquets that the guests bring along. Make sure that they are carefully transported to your home after the wedding. The received bouquets also greatly enhance decorations.

When it comes to decorating the venue in Christian or Hindu matrimonial, you must not forget to fill your compositions with ribbons, tulle and knots of floral leaves. There are some more ideas to choose your flowers based on the style of your wedding:

1. for a solemn marriage: Lilies, orchids, gardenias, etc.

2. for a traditional wedding: White roses, pink and yellow peonies, tulips, freesia, jasmine, etc.

3. for a countryside marriage: Anemones, sunflowers, artichokes, etc.

It is important to also take into account all the flowers you receive as a gift for your guests and to be delivered directly to the receiving location. These bouquets will greatly enhance the floral decorations, and even used to decorate your buffet table. After the wedding solemnizes, you can also offer your guests with a floral composition or a bouquet of flowers to thank them for their presence. These bouquets can be kept on a table near the exit.

The buffet tables can also be decorated with these floral arrangements in Hindu matrimonial these days. Make sure to arrange flowers of same specie to bring evenness in the décor. At the time when the guests start leaving, you can offer small floral bouquets as a gesture of respect and love towards them. On this point, remember that it is common to offer your guests with some personalized gifts too, which may include pens, lighters, sprays, key chains, embossed with your names and date of your wedding, so that they can preserve the beautiful memories of your wedding.

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Hindi matrimony

The social system of the Indian subcontinent is built on a tradition based on the religion and caste of the person, according to his birth. When we talk about caste, we immediately think of the injustice. We who have grown up in the land of human rights, it is difficult to imagine that a social system can be maintained as archaic twenty-first century. In India, there has been tradition of marrying within the same community and caste, especially in Hindi matrimony. The Indian wedding culture mainly showcases arranged marriages. It has been pretty tough for the people in the India communities to revolt and marry as per their choice, like in the case of inter-caste marriage. 

Though we keep on saying that there is need to advance and create a world where there is no room for discrimination and all, but the truth is different. Hypocrisy prevails in the Indian society and most of the people do not like to change the existing pitfalls in our culture. In the Hindi matrimony, it is still unacceptable to marry with the people who belong to other states, like the south Indian states.

There is the mindset of people that the people belonging to other cultures will be difficult to adjust with, but it’s not the case in this rapidly changing society and world. There are number of people who are residing away from their families in different world, so it’s now no tougher to gel with the different cultures.

 It’s completely up to our outlook and the thinking, and the person who is associated with the wedding, how they mold their lives and stay happy always. The Indian society follows its old traditions, which is good, but somewhere, there is need for the people belonging to Hindi matrimony to change their conservative thoughts and accept the happiness of their children.

The Indian Bridegroom

When you think of the Indian Bridegroom, the first thing that you picture is the traditional Indian attire on the groom. The Indian men wear traditional attire to their wedding. The traditional India garment is the Kurta–Pajama though men now wear western styled coat, trousers and shirts to office. However, in their wedding, men still prefer to don the Indian traditional wedding attire.

India is a land of numerous religions, castes and communities. Each caste and community has their own matrimonial rituals and customs. Even their wedding attire is different. Visit from north to south and east to west, you will find difference in the wedding costumes of the Indian Bridegroom. The southern part of India has wedding mostly during the daytime while the communities belonging to the northern part of India has main wedding function in the night. The hilly regions of the country have wedding attire of the bridegroom quite distinctive from the plains.

The bridegroom from the communities in the southern and eastern part of the country wears traditional Indian clothes-the dhoti and kurta during the wedding rituals. Bridegrooms from the southern states of India wear a Mundu or a Lungi. On top the lungi, they wear a shirt of similar color. The lungi-mundu is usually white and of silk. They also put the Angavastram to complete the look.

The bridegroom from Bengal, the eastern state of India, wears silk dhoti and kurta. During the time of wedding rituals, they remove their kurta and cover themselves with a silk shawl.

In the Northern states of India, like Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, the bridegroom wears a sherwani or jodhpuri suit. The sherwani are heavily embroidered kurtas with crystals and silk threads. Another common bridegroom item is the headgear. The headgear is known as the ‘sehra’ and has flowers covering the face.

Author: Shipra Sinha

Bengali Wedding Shopping

Wedding shopping is an important part of the wedding preparations in India. Indian wedding shopping is not just limited to bridal fineries and jewelry, but there are other important things as well. In a Bengali Matrimony function, there are many rituals, pre and post marriage and requires numerous things. In addition, wedding shopping is done for the bride and the groom’s relatives and friends as well.

Kolkata, the capital city of Bengal is the ideal shopping destination for Bengali wedding shopping. Bengali Matrimony shopping requires saris for the bride for different rituals. The Bengali bride wears traditional Banarasi saris for the wedding night. There are many shops in selling saris for bridal wear. The shops in Gariahat Market in South Kolkata have exclusive collection of wedding saris. North Kolkata has markets like the College Street and Hathi Bagan Market selling exquisite wedding saris. 

For the other rituals, the bride wears usually handloom cotton saris from Bengal. These handloom cotton saris are available in all shades. There are many shops in Calcutta selling cotton saris. Wedding shopping for saris for Bengalis also requires gifting to the mother-in-law, groom’s sisters, relatives and friends.

Gold jewelry is a must for Bengalis to flaunt in weddings. Kolkata is known worldwide for lightweight gold jewelry. The market of Bow bazaar is rightly called the gold lane, because it has chain of shops selling gold and diamond jewelry.

Apart from the traditional markets, the shopping for Bengali wedding can be done from wedding malls that have come in the new urban localities of Kolkata. From simple bindi to expensive saris, the malls stock all the essentials of wedding shopping. Shopping for cosmetics, readymade kurta, furniture and jewelry is done under the same roof. In addition, these shopping malls are convenient for the new age professionals who are hard pressed for time.

Author: Shipra Sinha

A Lively Experience at Kerala Matrimony

As per the general thinking, Brahmin community of Kerala is quite orthodox about following the traditional way of conducting a wedding. But the misconception of mine changed after attending wedding of a Kerala Brahmin. The wedding was an inter-caste one, which is generally believe to be a taboo in the Keralalite society. I was amazed to see the trendy way in which the wedding was conducted.

The wedding was arranged and managed by a wedding planner, who made arrangements as per the latest choice of the youngsters. Still I could feel the ethnic and traditional touch of Kerala matrimony in the marriage. Theme-based wedding, with an exclusive use of bright colours was made in the decoration. Mocktails and various other types of beverages were served to the invitees, and on the other side, various games were played that added fun element to the wedding.

My friend looked very beautiful and elegant in a designer lehnga, which was fiery red, with lots of stone work, and was decked in pure gold jewellery. The groom, who was a Punjabi, looked handsome in a designer suit. Again to my surprise, I saw a big and mouth watery wedding cake that was ordered by the friends of the bride and groom. The ambience looked awesome décor of fresh flowers like roses, orchids, carnations and marigold.

The food was a mix of Keralite and Punjabi culture, but as the bride’s family was Brahmin, there were no non-vegetarian dishes in the menu. Still the sumptuous feast of dishes from both states made the wedding an immemorial one, where we gorged on the tasty food from both places. This was an exception in the Kerala matrimonial, as all the barriers were broken, and the families of both the bride and groom accepted each other warm heartedly.

Author: Rashmi Karan

Importance of Bindi in Hindu Matrimony

Indian weddings have remained very traditional. The wedding ceremony in India is one of the oldest traditions of Indian culture. The most beautiful thing about the Indian culture is that there is a great value of symbolism. One such example is the usage of Bindi by the Indian women.

Bindi is considered as the symbol of prosperity and define the marital status of a woman in Hindu matrimonial. There are different forms of Bindi, which include a roundabout form, a graceful frozen flame, a small point or larger. It has sometimes the form of a long vertical straight line, an artistic design or other exotic patterns.

Bindi has always been a talked about thing in the Hindu matrimony. The word "bindi" is derived from the Sanskrit word bindu (drop point) and is a symbol of happiness. Earlier Kumkum or sindoor was used as Bindi, which has now been replaced by sticker bindis, which are available in different patterns. Exotic glittering stones are the hot favourite of the women in India. 

The most popular colour in Bindi designs is red, which represents strength. It also symbolizes love - a bindi placed on the forehead of the bride illuminates her face. As a good omen, the 'sindoor' is placed in temples. It is anyways clear that this sign denotes the marital status of women in most Indian communities in the north, but in South India, it is important for girls to wear a bindi.

Women also tend to match their bindi with the colour of their dress. The poets of all time in India have composed the beautiful verses of the beautiful ladies bindi. The bindi is now a fashion accessory, besides being a must have thing in the Hindu matrimony. Apparently beyond the borders of India, bindi has become very popular with the trendy Western style.

Author: Rashmi Karan