wedding costumes
Weddings are the beginning of a new life so beginning should be perfect in all the way. Hence even the wedding costume should be perfect and according to the place or traditions. Now lets see the what makes the wedding costumes perfect:
a)Colour:Indian weddings are colourful so wedding costume must be of some good colours such as maroon, red, orange... not black as it is not considered good and also not plain white (mourning)too.
b)Secondly it should look elegant , sensual, modest and presentable.
Now lets see what does an elegant dress means.
For a bride usually sari is a a sensual and elegant attire.
For a groom suit, sherwani
We will also see what are the usual wedding attires based on different states in india:
1. Andhra pradesh:
Bride- Sari mostly a red one or white sari with red border
Groom-Dhoti and a shirt in their style only. In case the groom is Brahmin, he would not wear the shirt during marriage
2.Tamil nadu:
Bride: Usually the bride wears a red colored saree with lot of gold ornaments. Her forehead is studded with ornaments made out of flowers.
Groom:A plain white dhoti and a white patta on his shoulder
3.Kerala:
Bride:A two piece sari called mundu with flowers and jewellary
Groom:Traditional dhoti and angavastram.
4. Bengali:
Bride: traditional wedding dress for the bride is a red banarasi sari. The veil covers her hair and the mukut is placed on her head
Groom:Dhoti and kurta
5. Maharastra:
Bride: The bride wears a traditional Maharashtrian green colored sari. Most commonly the Paithani type of sari is used.
Groom:dhoti or salwar and kurta, or sherwani.
6.Punjab:
Bride:Wears sharara, usually of bright colour such as red, majenta,orange long flowing skirt and blouse. She wears a dupatta(adorned with embroidery) to cover her head
Groom:sherwani or the traditional salwar and kurta
7.Gujarat:
Bride:Usually a sari of red colour but in gujarati style but these days they wear lehengas..]
Groom:Dhoti and kurta, suit
8.Kashmiri:
Bride:headwear, which consists of a long cap called Kalpush. The cap is folded two to three times and lined with either silk or cotton from inside. Over the kalpush, a long piece white cloth is wrapped at the forehead in three or four layers. A white scarf, called zoojh is wrapped over the kalpush. A snow-white glazed paper is wrapped over this headwear and stitched from behind.
Two pins with black and golden heads are fitted into the headwear. The entire headwear is called Tarang. A belt about two meters long and one-and-a-half meters wide, known as the Haligandun, with its loose ends embroidered, is tied to the waist of the bride.
Groom:usually wears a pheran and the waistband. Other add-ons include a sword at his waistband and local embroidered shoes (paazar) at feet
9.Assam:
Bride:Mekhla Chadar type of sari not exactly sari,of two or three pieces of cloth, whereas a sari is a single piece of cloth,mix and match of Aanchal and Lungi ecked with gold and silver threads.
Groom:wears a chequered green loin cloth , invested with black stripes and red, yellow or white lining, called Fatong . Upwards,he matches his Fatong, with a shirt called Sho . He also bears a white turban called Fa ho ho
10.Karnataka:
Bride:navari or a nine-yard sari and green glass bangles
Groom:wears a silk dhoti and pitambar and a pheta that is a turban
All these are basic costumes in indian weddings,,Not only wedding dresses, but things such as jewellary, cosmetics u were etc... makes the wedding bright.............
a)Colour:Indian weddings are colourful so wedding costume must be of some good colours such as maroon, red, orange... not black as it is not considered good and also not plain white (mourning)too.
b)Secondly it should look elegant , sensual, modest and presentable.
Now lets see what does an elegant dress means.
For a bride usually sari is a a sensual and elegant attire.
For a groom suit, sherwani
We will also see what are the usual wedding attires based on different states in india:
1. Andhra pradesh:
Bride- Sari mostly a red one or white sari with red border
Groom-Dhoti and a shirt in their style only. In case the groom is Brahmin, he would not wear the shirt during marriage
2.Tamil nadu:
Bride: Usually the bride wears a red colored saree with lot of gold ornaments. Her forehead is studded with ornaments made out of flowers.
Groom:A plain white dhoti and a white patta on his shoulder
3.Kerala:
Bride:A two piece sari called mundu with flowers and jewellary
Groom:Traditional dhoti and angavastram.
4. Bengali:
Bride: traditional wedding dress for the bride is a red banarasi sari. The veil covers her hair and the mukut is placed on her head
Groom:Dhoti and kurta
5. Maharastra:
Bride: The bride wears a traditional Maharashtrian green colored sari. Most commonly the Paithani type of sari is used.
Groom:dhoti or salwar and kurta, or sherwani.
6.Punjab:
Bride:Wears sharara, usually of bright colour such as red, majenta,orange long flowing skirt and blouse. She wears a dupatta(adorned with embroidery) to cover her head
Groom:sherwani or the traditional salwar and kurta
7.Gujarat:
Bride:Usually a sari of red colour but in gujarati style but these days they wear lehengas..]
Groom:Dhoti and kurta, suit
8.Kashmiri:
Bride:headwear, which consists of a long cap called Kalpush. The cap is folded two to three times and lined with either silk or cotton from inside. Over the kalpush, a long piece white cloth is wrapped at the forehead in three or four layers. A white scarf, called zoojh is wrapped over the kalpush. A snow-white glazed paper is wrapped over this headwear and stitched from behind.
Two pins with black and golden heads are fitted into the headwear. The entire headwear is called Tarang. A belt about two meters long and one-and-a-half meters wide, known as the Haligandun, with its loose ends embroidered, is tied to the waist of the bride.
Groom:usually wears a pheran and the waistband. Other add-ons include a sword at his waistband and local embroidered shoes (paazar) at feet
9.Assam:
Bride:Mekhla Chadar type of sari not exactly sari,of two or three pieces of cloth, whereas a sari is a single piece of cloth,mix and match of Aanchal and Lungi ecked with gold and silver threads.
Groom:wears a chequered green loin cloth , invested with black stripes and red, yellow or white lining, called Fatong . Upwards,he matches his Fatong, with a shirt called Sho . He also bears a white turban called Fa ho ho
10.Karnataka:
Bride:navari or a nine-yard sari and green glass bangles
Groom:wears a silk dhoti and pitambar and a pheta that is a turban
All these are basic costumes in indian weddings,,Not only wedding dresses, but things such as jewellary, cosmetics u were etc... makes the wedding bright.............
Very nice and there is so much variety in our Indian culture that it makes us a very colorful and beautiful country.
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