Wedding Cakes - A Delicious Tradition

A delicious cake crowns the great day of the couple in the Christian weddings. However, many other communities also order wedding cakes to add beauty to the celebrations.

Here Is a Short Guide to the Wedding Cake!

1.      Cutting the cake:

Cured in every detail, the couple cut the cake in any Matrimony. The bridegroom along with their right hand cut the first slice.

2.      Order:

According to the etiquette, the bride’s mother-in-law must serve the first slice. Then give the other slices to other relatives, in the order of importance.

3.      Cake topper:

These are the statues of the newlyweds to put on the cake. Ironic, classic, funny, romantic... now the cake toppers are a must for the wedding!

Types of Wedding Cakes:

1.      Classic wedding cakes: It includes three, five or seven stories cakes. It is the quintessential wedding cake, the best known. The cakes are superimposed on one another and this is supported by a structure.

2.      American Wedding cake: Spongy inside and covered with a creamy paste. Elegant and monumental as the classic wedding cake, also has a facility plans.

3.      Wedding cakes plan: As the word suggests, has a single plan. Hearts, roses and flowers are the great protagonists of the cakes of this type.

4.      Anglo-Saxon Wedding Cakes from Great Britain: These cakes have a pyramidal shape. Adorned with ribbons and flowers, and is constituted by cylinders or cubes stacked in descending order.

5.      Wedding cake hat: The base of the cake is a hat, which is generally round and five feet wide. The wedding cake hat is usually of three stories and is not supported by any structure.

Cutting the wedding cake is one of the highlights of the wedding and, indeed, a necessary moment to capture, only to be treasured for the life. So make sure that you preserve the moments of your Matrimony by clicking it.

Author: Rashmi Karan

Jodhpuri Suits for the Indian Bridegroom

Indian men dressing have come a long way. From wearing dhoti-kurta to western styled shirt-trousers, this shift in dressing pattern for Indian men is due to many reasons; important among them are the comfort factor and changing work culture. Dhoti-kurta was the traditional dress of men in most parts of India with regional variations like shirt-dhoti and kurta-pajamas. For regular wear, men in India wore cotton clothes. The influence of western culture in India also affected the dressing. Shirt-trousers soon became the daily wear. The comfort factor and corporate culture introduced in the country, western men wear soon became a norm.

Even for regular wear, men started preferring jeans-T-Shirts. However, when it comes to wedding ceremonies, Indian me still wear the traditional clothes. The Indian Bridegroom dons the traditional attire on the wedding day. Different Indian states have their distinctive attire on the wedding. Bridegroom from the northern state wears the traditional jodhpuri suit or sherwani.

These are Indian-styled suits, which gives the bridegroom elegant and classy look. The Jodhpuri suits are closed jackets suits, which gives bridegroom a regal appearance. This was the princely attire of the Rajasthan, which soon was popular in masses.

The suits have clean cuts and style. They are available in solid shades as well as white, beige and pink. This garment is mostly customized and is simply designed. It can be worn on any formal occasions like weddings and family functions. For marriage, jodhpuri suits are available in rich embroidery. Not just the Indian bridegroom dons jodhpuri suits; male members of the family also prefer wearing these simple yet stylish suits.

The style and cut of the jodhpuri suit makes the entire dressing complete. No accessories are required for this attire. The simplicity of the suits makes up for the accessories. For the bridegroom, wearing a bejeweled necklace completes the look.

Author: Shipra Sinha

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