Posted:
10 years ago
Isn't dowry banned?
Gustakh Dil is doing a great job in spreading awareness against this social evil. But honestly speaking, is this practice still in practice? Cause it turned out to be quite a shocker to me.
I live in Goa, I guess you heard about this tourist location. Marriages here I think are based on social classes and religion, while the upper class have beach weddings and book exotic hotels and resorts - like the double wedding I attended recently.
Both the weddings took place at The Uttorda Beach, South Goa managed by a resort (Royal Orchids, I think). While the Catholic Wedding took place at a popular restaurant opposite the sea, overlooking the sunset. The Hindu wedding place on the beach, white sand and the sunset hues, paparazzi like camera men and the whole wedding feeling included.
These are what "upper class" weddings here are like. Weddings her (mostly Catholic) follow the Portuguese customs, where we have the pre weddings rituals, followed by the mass and taking of the vows in a Church, then a reception party a few hours later for the upper middle class, or a small get together after the vows followed by prayers and such for the lower.
As I said we do follow the Portuguese custom Goa being a part of the Portuguese empire earlier "before it was captured by the Indians", 🤣 so in those customs there is this custom where the bride's family a day prior to the weddings sends over gifts and jewellery, clothes, and stuff like that. There's this show where people come over and admire the gifts and then they are sent over to the location where the couple's gonna move into. (Both the families, I'm not sure but it's the brides family that does most of the gifting and the grooms family is preoccupied into gifting the couple an established to start their new life).
IK, I'm gonna sound very stereotypical with all the class distinction! 😆 Deal with it.
This is what traditional and modern weddings here are like (almost).. What about the weddings in your area? Tell us about it.
P.S. I forgot the home coming. So far I haven't really come accross the "homecoming" or any homecoming in the "upper classes", but yeah the middle class does have a homecoming on the second day of the marriage where the bride preferably wears red saree or a bright dress (ik this, thanks to the cultural programme my high school confuscucted this year, and me being an ex student cum trustees daughter had to attend). Edited by AraBearxx - 10 years ago