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Mala Badal (Bengali: মালা বদল) is a significant ritual in traditional Bengali weddings, where the bride and groom exchange flower garlands. This ceremony traditionally marks the first time the bride and groom see each other, reflecting the age-old custom of keeping the couple apart until the wedding.
Although similar ceremonies exist in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, the gaye holud is a custom particular to the Bengali people. It is not considered a religious function, as it is celebrated by Muslims, Hindus, and Christians in both Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal and wherever Bengalis live, irrespective of religion.
A Bengali Hindu wedding. This step is a part of Kanya Varanam, where the groom-to-be (brahmachari [ 38 ] ) sends two elders on his behalf to the father of a girl whom he wishes to marry. The elders convey the message of the brahmachari and ask for the daughter's hand.
Mala Badal- the ceremony when the bride and groom exchange garlands with each other. Mala badal (Bengali: মালা বদল) is part of the traditional Bengali Hindu wedding ceremony that involves the exchange of flower garlands between the bride and bridegroom, and is supposed to mark the first time when the bride and the bridegroom set eyes on each other.
Most of these costs go towards dowries and the wedding celebration. [4] Scholars have characterized these expenditures as being strongly shaped by social norms and by desires to signal social status. [4] Hindu marriage ceremony A fancy Indian wedding taking place in Puducherry Bengali Hindu wedding in Kolkata
A Bengali Muslim wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি মুসলিম বিয়ে) feature distinctive religious rituals that take place over multiple days and are seen among the Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh [1] and West Bengal, India.
Bengali wedding may refer to: Bengali Hindu wedding, Hindu marriage in Bengali culture; Bengali Muslim wedding, Muslim marriage in Bengali culture
A ceremony welcoming the newly wed bride to her new home, with the feet dipped in a mixture of milk and alta. Alta has great cultural significance in Bengali and Odia culture [11] [12] [3] Regardless of religious beliefs, women traditionally adorn their hands and feet with alta for marriage [13] [7] and cultural festivals like Pohela Baishakh, Pohela Falgun and others.