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

Finding Life Partner through Online Matrimonial Sites

Almost every second person in the country is addicted to internet and likes to spend his/her time while surfing different sites and meeting new people. Starting from shopping and chatting with friends to finding the life partner, Internet has eased everything. Internet has helped so many people in finding their life partners.

Earlier dating or match making sites were now viewed positively and consider it to be something that needs to be hidden from others. But gone are those days when people find it embarrassing to tell others that they have found their love of the life on Internet. These sites are the hot favourite in the market, and seeing the good scopes, various websites have been launched to cater the increasing needs and count money. The advantages offered by these match making sites are:

1.    Convenience: These sites are very easy to use and you can search your partner while sitting at the comfort of your home. If you find the suitable partner according to your choice then you can exchange your contact details and chat with the person according to your availability and ease. If things go well, you can also meet the individual in person.

2.      Cost-effectiveness: It is an extremely affordable and cheap way to search, which saves both time and money. No need to go to other cities or expensive restaurants to meet the families. All you need to have is a computer and internet connection, and the world is yours. Also you need not to worry about what you are wearing or get stressed about facing the person.

After you finalize the life partner for yourself on match making sites, you can now ask your parents to intervene and talk about the future prospects. Internet has really made the things easy and it’s now up to us how we utilize things for our own benefits.

Author: Rashmi Karan

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