Request for Proposal 1. Statement of Work 1.1. Purpose Wedding of my daughter is scheduled to take place on 21st December 2014. The event needs to be professionally managed by an even management team. The team will be responsible for the preparation, planning and execution of the wedding as well as the ceremonies leading up to it. 1.2. Scope The following events will take place on mentioned dates. • 1st December – “Engagement Ceremony” followed by Dinner for 50 people. • 19th December – “Haldi” and “Mandap” followed by Dinner for 50 people. • 20th December – “Mehandi” and “Sangeet” followed by Dinner for 50 people. • 21st December – Wedding followed by Lunch for 100 people. • 21st December – Reception followed by Dinner for 1000 people. …show more content…
Initially this ceremony was attended only by women. But with changing times, even the groom and his family are present in many weddings. In this ceremony many members prepare dance and musical performances. Sometimes even bride and groom prepare a dance number. This event’s main aim is to get to know each other, specially the distant relatives who are meeting after a long time. When both bride’s and groom’s families are present, it becomes a fun way to get an introduction of the family members. • Wedding Ceremony – The wedding ceremony starts when the Groom arrives at Bride’s doorstep with his friends and family called “Baraat”. At the door step, the groom’s party is welcomed by bride’s family. This is called “Darwazza”. The bride’s mother performs “Aarti” of the groom and invites him. He is taken to a stage where he is soon joined by the bride. A ceremony called “Jaymaal” takes place on the stage. This comprises of exchange of flower garland by the bride and groom. After this, the bride and groom are taken to the “Mandap” (set up during Mandap ceremony). The priest chants the holy verses and several rituals are followed including “Knayadaan” by father of the bride, bride and groom taking vows around the holy fire and lastly “SindoorDaan” by groom where he applies “Sindoor” to bride’s
During the ekdosis the daughter is given away by the father to her husband. The bride and groom prepare for the wedding with offerings, dedications, and sacrifices. All of these rites are for purification and conciliation.
... A final prayer ends the ceremony. The women then rush to the kitchen to serve dinner while the men set up the tables. After dinner the afternoon is spent visiting, playing games and matchmaking. Sometimes the bride will match unmarried boys and girls who are over 16 years old to sit together at the evening meal which ustarts at 5:00 P.M. The day usually ends around 10:30 P.M.
The identification of a groom for the girl are approved from the women of the family. The women discusses with the other members of the family or the community and identify the grooms who could be a suitable match for the girl. The age, looks, education background, his ability to support his wife and family background are taken into consideeration. When the match is found they arrange the marriage. Also, in a different way of a women of Afghanistan are chose to be married if a man decides to choose a partner for himself without help of a match-maker, from his parents. If some girl accepts his gifts, all he has to do is to cut off a handful of her hair or throw a sheet over her, and announce that she is his future wife. He must get acceptence from the father before he is allowed to take her to his home.
Shereny khory or namzady (Dari for: engagement) is the first step to formalize the affinity. The groom's father, accompanied by some kinfolk and elders, comes to the bride's home in a prefixed date with bags of sweets and gifts for the to-be bride, some money and clothes to some family members. After the food is served, the groom's father or a respected man from among the guests formally unveils the purpose for their coming and puts the demand as if the bride's father accepts his son "as a servant of him."
Differences in culture make country has its own traditional customs. Wedding, an extremely important event on one's life, has specific ritual observances. However, thanks to the cultural exchange, Vietnam wedding customs and those of a foreign country – America, have both similarities and differences.
This is to educate the newcomers as to what the ceremony entails. The ceremony is always rehearsed before it is performed. After the lecture ,there is a large potluck feast to keep everyone energized for the evenings festivities. The processional~ When the sun sets, the processional begins.
Despite people celebrating marriage in different ways it all comes back to one thing; marriage is a social ritual that by which two people affirms one abiding contracts between. The ceremonies are composed of rituals which symbolize facets of married life and the obligations being undertaken. In Hinduism the marriage celebration can start weeks before the actual ceremony depending on the preferences of the family. Once the day of the ceremony comes around the day starts with the brides’ family welcoming the groom into their home and both families are formally introduced. Both the bride and groom sit at the Mandap- tent where the ceremony is held under,-and are offered a drink. Gifts between the two families are generally exchanged at this point. The groom's mother gives an auspicious necklace to the bride, which is essentially an emblem of the married status in the Hindu religion. Then scared fire is lit and a pundit recites t...
This book includes all the basic materials that take place with a Hindu wedding including words to speak and what they mean, wedding rituals and the complete ceremony.
A wedding is a great social event in our society, which establishes a new bond between two individuals and families. Marriage is a joyful occasion with plenty of music, dance, partying and merrymaking. It also brings together long-lost friends, relatives and acquaintances. In India, the parents choose the mate for their child, which is called an arranged marriage. In most cases, the bride and groom do not even talk to each other until after they are married.
The Hindu wedding is a complex ceremony whose various components has all a specific meaning and has all a relation to
“Arranging a Marriage in India” by Serena Nanda is a well written, informative article aimed at sharing the view of the Indian culture on arranged marriages and also showing how much effort is put into the process of arranging a marriage. Our own culture has evolved into accepting the fact that we are all independent individuals who could not imagine having someone else make such a significant decision for us. Serena Nanda does an excellent job of using her sources within the society as evidence of the acceptance of the arranged marriage aspect of their culture.
Making up the two largest religions in the world, Christianity and Islam, both look at marriage as a major part of one’s life journey. Thus the idea that the sacred ritual of marriage in both Christianity and Islam are full of rich symbolism, ceremony and grounded in religious and cultural traditions, can be explored. However, the ritual of marriage differentiates between Christianity and Islam, as Christianity is founded on deep symbolic meaning and religious tradition in contrast to the culturally rich marriage ceremony found in Islam. This can be further investigated through an in depth analysis of the ceremony, symbols, religious and cultural traditions involved in the ritual of marriage.
People around the world have many different kinds of wedding due to the differences in their religions and cultures. Since most Thai people are the Buddhists, the traditional Thai wedding is mainly related to Buddhism. However, it is also blended with Thai culture and Thai people’s ways of life. Traditional Thai wedding can be organized in various ways depending on the local people’s beliefs. In this essay I will describe some details of the general traditional Thai wedding.
He usually arrives dressed in his wedding attire on the back of a horse, or sometimes on the back of an elephant. “The wedding altar (mandapa) is built the day of and the groom is welcomed by his future mother in law where his feet are then washed and he is offered milk and honey. His sister in law will attempt to steal his shoes and if she succeeds, the groom must pay her to get them back” (beau-coup.com). At the wedding venue the bride waits for the groom in a room covered in garland, when the groom arrives they exchange garland. After this, the brides family will welcome the grooms family to the wedding. Like Christian weddings, the father of the bride gives the bride away at the wedding, this is called a Kanyadaan. A priest will facilitate the marriage by reciting mantras or holy hymns, but the bride and groom marry each other. The bride and groom are considered married when the groom ties a thread that symbolizes his vow to care for the bride. He ties it in three knots that symbolizes the gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Masheshwara. The ceremony takes place around a fire and the god, Agni is considered the witness to the union. “The bride and the groom then circle the fire seven times, in a clockwise direction, called Saat Phere which signifies seven goals of married life which include religious and moral duties, prosperity, spiritual salvation and liberation, and sensual gratification” (Gullapalli