Punjabi people are quite famous for their amazing taste of food, big hearts and fun. All the three could be well seen at large in the Big Fat Punjabi wedding. Punjabi marriages are one of the famous marriages across the country. The weddings act as a foray and platform for loud music, parties and drinks with delicious foods. Each guest at the Punjabi weddings clad themselves with heavy ornamented jewellery, Colorful Punjabi turbans, rich designer suits etc.
As it’s always a fat wedding the Punjabi marriages are filled with a lot of traditions and cultural customs. Once the wedding day is fixed the wedding air fills both the groom as well as
Punjabi brides household with a lot of shopping and events.
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Roka Ceremony: As soon as the families meet and everything is finalized for the wedding a Roka ceremony takes place which is an official fixing of the relation between both the prospective families. Sweets and gifts are exchanged during this ceremony.
Akhand Path: It is considered that without the heavenly blessings of God no good thing should be started. Similarly in Punjabi weddings too the first thing starts off with a three-day Akhand Path that is usually kept at the homes of both the brides as well as the groom’s household. Sometimes it is also kept in the nearby Gurudwara. Once the Path is over a distribution of wedding cards to the relatives and friends starts taking place.
Sagan Ceremony: In this ceremony the
Punjabi Brides family members visits the groom’s family to bestow gifts and things that they wanted to gift their daughter after marriage. It is usually a big event and the grooms family welcomes the bride’s family wholeheartedly. During Sagan ceremony, the groom will sit and everybody will place the gifts on his lap and making his mouth sweet with a lot of Punjabi heavy sweets and mithai.
Mehendi Ceremony: Mehendi ceremony is a very emotional as well as very entertaining celebration at Punjabi homes. The bride is applied henna on her hand with a lot of music playing in the background. The friends and family members all becomes the part of the event. There are a lot of dances and cultural performances during the Mehendi ceremony.
Chura Ceremony: In the morning of the wedding, the brides maternal uncle will offer the Chura often red metal bangles and the bride is supposed to close her eyes until the time she is not wore the bangles . It is an auspicious ceremony.
Anand Karaj: After the groom reached the brides homes the ceremony of Anand Karaj takes place during which both the
Punjabi grooms and Punjabi brides will take four pheras around the Guru Granth Sahib in the Gurudwara. After which the vidaai ceremony takes place.
