Red In Judaism

Throughout the world there are many cultures with different religions/ spiritualties some may contain the same values others may not. A ritual is a “ceremony or action performed in a customary way” (https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/ritual). The sacred rituals of marriage in Catholic Christianity and Hinduism, while superficially different, are essentially the same. Hinduism is one of the oldest known organized religions in the world it has around 90 million people active practicing Hindus. Catholicism has 1.2 billion followers and is the worlds most followed religion it is the practice of the roman catholic church. Aspects of a marriage ritual in both Catholic and Hindu religions are compared with research to therefore establish if both

In Hinduism, colour is a very important feature and is incredibly distinctive. Traditional Hindu brides wear the colour red as it is the colour of sindoor. Sindoor is associated with the Goddess Shakti and is said to ward off the evil eye. In Hinduism red represents both sensuality and purity, red is of utmost significance and the colour is most frequently used for auspicious occasions like marriages. In Christianity, colour symbolism is primarily used in liturgical decorations (banners, vestments, etc.), there is a one colour that is important to a wedding which represents purity, virginity and innocence it is inherently positive colour this is white. In both Hinduism and Catholicism there are specific colours that are important and symbolize specific things. Even though red and white at two very different colours what they symbolize for the religions is essentially the same; both colours represent purity and sensuality/virginity. In the weddings these colours are usually represented through the bride’s dress. Although in Hinduism there are many different types of ways to celebrate a wedding for example there could be a Brahma marriage, Daiva marriage, Arsha marriage, Prajapatya marriage, Gandharva marriage, Asura marriage, Rakshasa marriage and Paishacha. All of 8 different ways of celebrating a Hindu marriage can also vary from each other and are not celebrated the same. Since Hindus have many different Gods these different ways of celebrating a wedding are in relation to worshiping different Gods. in Catholicism, there is only one way of celebrating marriage and this is through the roman catholic church. The main reason is because in the religion there is only one God to worship. Something that makes the ways that the weddings are celebrated similar, is the fact that they are all in the presence of a higher being such as a God.