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2. Gaye holud - Wikipedia

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   Gaye Holud in Dhaka, Bangladesh Gaye Holud ceremony in West Bengal, India The bride is seated on a dais and the turmeric paste is applied by the guests to her face and body. Turmeric is known to have antimicrobial and soothing effects when applied to the skin, giving the bride a distinctive yellow hue that gives its name to this ceremony.

3. Bengali Hindu wedding - Wikipedia

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   Gaye Holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ), meaning "applying turmeric to the body," is a traditional Bengali pre-wedding ritual where the groom's family, without the groom, visits the bride’s house on the morning of the ceremony to celebrate and perform the turmeric function.

4. Bengali Muslim wedding - Wikipedia

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   There is one turmeric ceremony for the bride and another for the groom. For the bride's Gaye Holud, the groom's family - except the groom himself - travel in procession to the bride's home. They carry the bride's wedding dress/outfit, some wedding decorations including turmeric paste (that has lightly touched the groom's body), candy/sweetmeats ...

5. Alta (dye) - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Bengalis - Wikipedia

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   The next event is the mehndi (henna) evening also known as the gaye holud (turmeric on the body). In Bengali Muslim weddings, this is normally followed by the main event, the walima, hosting thousands of guests. An aqd (vow) takes place, where a contract of marriage (Kabin nama) and is signed.

7. List of multilingual Indian films - Wikipedia

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   Hindi, English Monsoon Wedding: Mira Nair: 2002 English, Hindi Bollywood/Hollywood: Deepa Mehta: 2002 Kannada, Tamil H2O: Lokanath Rajaram 2003 Hindi, English: Jhankaar Beats: Sujoy Ghosh: 2004: Let's Enjoy: Siddharth Anand Kumar, Ankur Tewari: 2006 Telugu, English Indian Beauty: Shanti Kumar 2010 Malayalam, Tamil Anwar: Amal Neerad [57] 2011 ...

8. File:Gaye Holud, Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpg - Wikipedia

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9. Category:Indian wedding traditions - Wikipedia

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