The Big Fat Indian Wedding - Know what its all about...
So you've heard this statement like a million times and you might have also bumped across some TV Shows with the same title and now you have stumbled here to understand what its all about....
The reason why I have been writing less over the past few weeks is because of "Big Fat Indian Weddings" (2 of my closest friends were getting married). In India a Wedding is not a SINGLE day event but its spread across 1-2 weeks.
You see the moment a girl is born in an Indian Family whether the location of the parents is in India, America, China, Japan, Russia, Germany ...... the father and mother opens a separate bank account, buys a piece of land and/or opens and new secret treasure locker to keep cash/gold/jewels for her wedding. Believe me, its the truth and the irrespective of the place in society and earning capacity of the parents, they will do this.
You may call this a tradition, mass hysteria, , love of the parents, showing off, whatever you feel like but I just have one comment..... "It happens only with Indian Weddings"....Irrespective of the Country.
What does a Bag Fat India comprises of:
1. The Bride and The Groom (Average Age of marriage for an Indian Boy and Girl is 26).... The parents of the future bride though start searching a suitable match when she is turns 21...90% marriages in India are arranged and they never lead to a divorce.
2. The most exotic bridal dress (Red is the color but in recent times the girls have started wearings gold, silver and pink also) and a Sherwani for the Groom.
3. Jewelry, more jewellery, and even more jewellery. Speciffically Gold, Gold and Diamond Jewelry, Precious Stones set in Gold and Diamonds and Uncut (Polki), Jewellery.
4. The Big Fat Wedding Parties - Unlike any tradition in the whole world, in India you have and average 3-4 functions (parties). It comprises of the engagement, a chowki(praising/thanking the lord), a mehendi(where-in the bride's hands/arms are applied with temporary Henna and obviously the wedding itself.
It is said that an average urban indian parent can spend his entire life savings on his daughter's marriage and I believe its out of love and no other reason....
So you've heard this statement like a million times and you might have also bumped across some TV Shows with the same title and now you have stumbled here to understand what its all about....
The reason why I have been writing less over the past few weeks is because of "Big Fat Indian Weddings" (2 of my closest friends were getting married). In India a Wedding is not a SINGLE day event but its spread across 1-2 weeks.
You see the moment a girl is born in an Indian Family whether the location of the parents is in India, America, China, Japan, Russia, Germany ...... the father and mother opens a separate bank account, buys a piece of land and/or opens and new secret treasure locker to keep cash/gold/jewels for her wedding. Believe me, its the truth and the irrespective of the place in society and earning capacity of the parents, they will do this.
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| Horses and Elephants are common sights in an Indian wedding. The Groom comes on the wedding day riding one of them. In 99% cases its a group of horses and he sits on a carriage. |
You may call this a tradition, mass hysteria, , love of the parents, showing off, whatever you feel like but I just have one comment..... "It happens only with Indian Weddings"....Irrespective of the Country.
What does a Bag Fat India comprises of:
1. The Bride and The Groom (Average Age of marriage for an Indian Boy and Girl is 26).... The parents of the future bride though start searching a suitable match when she is turns 21...90% marriages in India are arranged and they never lead to a divorce.
2. The most exotic bridal dress (Red is the color but in recent times the girls have started wearings gold, silver and pink also) and a Sherwani for the Groom.
3. Jewelry, more jewellery, and even more jewellery. Speciffically Gold, Gold and Diamond Jewelry, Precious Stones set in Gold and Diamonds and Uncut (Polki), Jewellery.
It is said that an average urban indian parent can spend his entire life savings on his daughter's marriage and I believe its out of love and no other reason....
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