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Engagement traditions in India

Indian culture is rich and diversified. It has its own unique ways with wide ranges of festivals, functions, customs, languages, religions and so on which are characterized by color, gaiety, enthusiasm, prayers and rituals. Example: 1.Indian culture treats guests, elders as god and they take care as a part of family with love and affection. 2.Respect each others and have a helpful nature. Even thought the times have changed but sum things never changes. They come along with you as hereditary, same is the culture. Indian cultures have wide range of festivals which brings joy and happiness in life. In India wedding and other ceremonies are also celebrated the same ways as of festival. In other words we can consider wedding also as a festival or tradition which is continuing from olden days. We will discuss about the wedding ceremonies in India but since India is a country with different states, people in all these states have different traditions or customs which will be di...

Experience after enjoyment

This incident happened while we were returning tired after enjoying to the max from niagara falls. As you know Niagara falls   are massive  waterfalls  on the  Niagara River , straddling the  international border  separating the  Canadian province  of  Ontario  and the  U.S. state  of  Maine .We had come from US part of niagara.. Since we were not sure of the route to nigara falls wehad taken the help of GPS ( Global Positioning System  is  a system that helps to  determine their current  location  and time; velocity and direction can be determined using multiple readings and receivers, respectively) which made us reach correctly but unfortunately while starting back from falls it took us to beyond canadian border which we realised after its too late. When realised we tried to move back as we had not canadian visa but it was too late as the immigration check at border had caught us with the wrong entry.. They asked for passport, visas and so on but since we did not have any canadian v...

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...

Dreams...dreams and dreams

Dreams are of two types generally... i.e a) one is what u dream in night i.e images, thoughts and feelings experienced while we are asleep which may or may not happen in reality or which you may or may not remember also or may be good or bad or scary .... Usually people say that morning dreams are ones which truely happens but i don,t believe as i have not experienced... We cannot do anything as regards to dreams while asleep but we can help ourselves from day dreams ; b)Secondly what u call as day dreaming which is you dream when ur awake i.e ur future to be or wt u hve to achieve in future or some good thoughts and so on.Again here also u have different types; First one is what u call as ur future to be or what u want to do or may be ur ambition.. People see many dreams which may or may not become true i.e which is difficult to acheive or which is beyond their efforts or which is unavailable or which cannot happen within the means available. or there are also some people who dre...

Wedding customs of Karhada Brahmins.....(example:my wedding)

There are different styles in which weddings are conducted (i.e customs, ceremonies etc...) but i would like to mention one traditional way which is followed in some parts of karnataka and kerala.... Nischitarta/Engagement commonly known as in these days:Once the parents of the prospective bride and the groom agree to the match, the alliance is formalized with a plate of betel leaves and supari. The parents of the boy go to the bride's home and give her a sari, blouse piece, coconut and fruits. The girl's parents give the boy a dhoti, coconut and fruits. A priest chants mantras. He also matches the horoscopes of the boy and the girl to fix the date and time of the wedding. These days both bride and groom exchange rings as a sign of fixing of marriage. According to this wedding ceremonies constitute a week's program... 1. Tamboolam- To say every good or important ...

Green dosa.

I would like to blog on sumthing i prepared yesterday which is known as cucumber dosa,,,,, green in colour,,,, greenary like grass.... Ingredients required: Cucumber-2 big Rice-1.5 cup ginger-small piece for taste. salt for taste... Method for preparation: 1. Keep rice in water for one night... 2.Peel and Grate cucumber or cut in small pieces... 3.Grind rice, cucumber, ginger and salt together till it forms fine paste... 4.Put pan and batter on the pan and spread it properly... 5.One minute later special greenary called cucumber dosa gets ready to fill the stomach... 6.Enjoy.... Do taste it.........................................................................................
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