Weddings

Here are the steps to a typical Hindu wedding. The rituals are usually embedded in the preparations and ceremony of wedding.

Step1 Arrange the proposal so that the whole family feels included in the event. In this way, you will receive approval from elders, and the family will also be able to determine whether they think you and your partner are compatible for marriage.

Step2 Check with an astrologer to match your horoscopes and determine an auspicious date and location for the wedding. Many Hindu ceremonies take place at the bride's house or at a hall.

Step3 Decide if you will have guests sit on the floor, as is typical at Hindu weddings, or whether you would prefer to go the more modern route and provide chairs.

Step4 Include the 15 rituals that traditionally make up a Hindu wedding ceremony. Or, if you prefer, select only those that have special meaning for you as a couple.

Step5 Provide a sari bought by the groom for the bride to change into during the ceremony. (The outfit she arrives in will typically be bought by her parents.) The change of clothes is very meaningful, since it signifies the shift of responsibility from the parents to the husband.

Step6 Offer food and alternate entertainment to occupy the guests during the wedding ceremony. (Eating, drinking and talking during the ceremonial events is accepted practice at Hindu weddings.)

Step7 Order garlands of flowers that the bride and groom will exchange during the ceremony, often along with rings, to symbolize acceptance and welcome.

Step8 Bring a gold necklace if you would like to include the "tying the knot" ritual, in which the groom ties the necklace around the bride's neck.

Step9 Include a portion of the ceremony (known as the saptapadi portion in Hindi) in which the bride and groom take seven steps together toward a long and happy marriage, praying for blessings such as wealth, happiness, strength and devotion with each step.

Step10 Prepare a mixture of honey and yogurt, which the bride offers the groom to ensure his good health and a sweet start for their marriage.

Step11 Offer food to the gods during the ceremony to obtain their blessings. (In the Hindu religion, there is one supreme being, with all other gods being aspects of this one.)

Step12 Provide a stone for the bride to stand on to signify her faithfulness and loyalty to the marriage.

Step13 Ask the groom's brother to sprinkle puffed rice for prosperity and flower petals on the couple after they exchange vows, following an ongoing Indian tradition.

Step14 Create a marriage mark on the bride's forehead with sedhu, or orange powder, to announce to the world that she is now married. After the mark is applied, the couple should touch each parent's feet and receive their parents' blessings.

Step15 Prepare a large feast to serve the guests following the ceremony. Expect family and friends to help make the food.

For more info, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_wedding

Following are the steps at a Jewish wedding according to the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry (European). Sfaradi and Teimani customs may differ slightly:

1. Badecken (Yiddish - covering) - The groom, who is in a different room than the bride, is escorted to the bride who is sitting on a nice chair surrounded by her friends and family. The groom covers the brides face with a veil. The groom is then escorted to the Chupah (wedding canopy).

2. Ash is place on the grooms forehead. It is also customary to untie his shoes.

3. The bride is escorted to the Chupah. She walks around the groom with her mother and mother-in-law seven times and then stands to the right of the groom. It is customary for the bride to wear no jewelry.

3. The wedding officiator holds a cup of wine and says the blessing for wine followed by the special blessing said before marriages. He gives cup to the groom to drink and then to the bride to drink.

In German communities it is customary for the groom to recite the shechi'anu blessing and to don a tallis.

4. Two witnesses are designated to view the marriage. Then the groom says to the bride (in Hebrew), "You are bewedded to me with this ring according to the religion of Moses and Israel." He then places the ring on the brides right forefinger.

5. The Ketubah (marriage contract) is read.

6. Seven blessings are said. Each person who says a blessing holds a cup of wine. After the blessings, the groom and bride drink from the cup.

7. The groom stamps on a glass cup symbolizing the destruction of Jerusalem. By some it is customary that the groom say the verse, "If I forget you Jerusalem, etc." before breaking the glass.

That's it! :)

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I don't think you should if you weren't invited to the wedding.

In polite society, gifts are NOT to be expected. If you want to send a gift it is up to you whether you get an invitation or not.

It's possibly 50-50. Those guys who don't wear a ring say they cannot because of work environment conditions, which is true. Don't want to lose a finger or more by getting caught in machinery or other objects. Yet there are those who have a subconscious dislike of wearing a ring, especially if its a wedding band due to the symbolism of being with one only. Like a noose.

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Traditionally, the groom pays for the engagement ring and the wedding ring of the bride and the bride pays for the wedding ring of the groom. However, it is also very common in these days that the groom only pays for the engagement ring and the couples buy their wedding rings together as they share the wedding expenses.

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• The heart-shaped ring should be facing away from the wearer.

If I am reading your question right; the girl is officially his fiancee'; where he is her fiance'. Note the difference in the male/female spelling of the words here.

In some cultures, being engaged is virtually the same as being married, and the man might then have some special way that he would address her directly. In the US this is not the case; engagement is not marriage and engagements can be called off without a lot of hassle. So if you are talking about how you would directly address her while engaged, you would use the same names or terms of endearment that you have used while dating.

In general, the bride's family buys the dresses (saris/sarees). However, it is not uncommon for the groom's family to gift the bride saree(s) too. Since most weddings last more than a day, the bride wears more than 1 sari for the wedding. In which case, the bride might end up wearing a combo of her selection and the groom's family selection. Both the groom and bride's family try to coordinate the saree(s) prior to the wedding day. In the south, the bride can end up changing in and out of at least 6 different sarees by the end of the marriage which spans a minimum of two days. Also, the parties involved buy sarees on an auspicious day/time. Some even offer the first saree to a Goddess of their liking before using it themselves.

* There is the bridal showers; bachelor party for the groom to be and a bachelorette party for the bride to be. There is generally a Wedding Rehearsal a few days before the wedding and a dinner party afterward and the engaged couple are there; both sets of parents (perhaps grandparents or someone special in the family) Maid or Matron of Honor; Bridesmaids (flower girl or ring bearer and their parents if there is a flower girl or ring bearer.) You are probably thinking of the Wedding Rehearsal and dinner.

It caused him to shudder, spill his wine, and rush away

No. The rest of the univers couldn't care less if you have a ring on your finger or not.

You will not be able to get married in Georgia without parental consent or a court order.

From what I know, it doesn't matter what state you go to once you are married. The state of Wisconsin will not look at the circumstances of the marriage... it will only look at the marriage itself. So I would say that, yes, Wisconsin would recognize the marriage.

Whenever you want to have one. I never had one. Unless you come from a prominent family, then most young women don't have an engagement party unless she decides to have one. If you and your future spouse are excited and bursting at the seams with excitement, then the two of you throw a party for just friends, or family and friends. Nothing wrong with that.

I think he's having an affair with Sammi. He was wearing his ring at the start of X factor then he took it off after getting closer with Sammi. I hope i'm wrong, his wife is far more lovely than tarty sammi

Is it an old wedding dress? Or a new one? If it is a new one, just let your wedding planner or designer or simple wedding dress sewer to make a new lace for you. But if it is an old dress and you just want to restore its original color, then try bleaching. If you want a home made bleach, you can try mixing the following Ingredients, mix them together and use one cup per washing cycle:

- 1 ½ cup 3% hydrogen peroxide

- ½ cup lemon juice

- Distilled water to fill a gallon jug

- 10 - 12 drops lemon essential oil

You don't ask on the invitation- that's straight tacky

Money is actually a better way for all those concerned. It is easier for the guests to give money than to go through pages of registered gifts at different stores and it also gives the Bride/Groom to be the money to buy the things they need or save it towards their honeymoon or a home.

You can put .... 'In lieu of gifts a money tree will be set up at the reception entrance.' Be sure you have someone there looking after the money tree and also being sure the guests put their envelopes with money on the tree while they sign in on the Wedding Registration book.

IMPORTANT NOTE: When asking for money you should go to a craft store and buy small colored envelopes (your choice of color) and slip it into each invitation along with the Invitation for RSVP (seeing which guests are coming and how many.) This is a great way for people giving money to give it without being embarrassed as not all people can afford a lot of money. You won't know who gave you what unless it is a family member and they will generally give it to you in private.

A money tree can be made out of anything, but resembles a tree. At any craft store one can get fancy little clothes pegs to attach the gift envelope onto the tree. It is important to know that some people may still give you a gift so have your Maid of Honor be sure to put what gifts certain people gave on the wedding card when you are opening your gifts

Congratulations!

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