5 wedding rituals from across India that will surprise you
Marriage rituals from across India that will surprise you
1. Moms don’t attend the wedding
Yes, you heard that correct. In traditional Bengali weddings, the mother of the bride and groom do not attended the wedding. The belief is that the mother may harm the child with her sight.
2. Drink feet milk
Yes, it is as strange as it sounds. In Gujarat, the groom’s feet are wash with milk and the same milk then has to be consumed by the groom himself. The groom’s father washes the groom’s feet and the ritual is called Madhuparka.
3. Throwing tomatoes at the groom
In a tribal area of Uttar Pradesh, grooms are welcomed not by Jasmine or flowers, but by tomatoes. The belief is that even if a relation is sour at the beginning, throwing tomatoes will solve them all.
4. Groom changes his mind
In some parts of Tamil Nadu, it is compulsory for the groom to change his mind before the wedding begins.
5. Get married to a tree
If you are manglik in India, you will have to marry a tree to ward of the curse. If the bride is manglik, she has to marry a tree as the superstitious believe is that the husband may die because of the ‘curse’. Mangilk women are required to marry a tree first and then have the tree cut down. Degrading the environment, we said.