Indo- Japan Wedding in India- Part 2

2024年3月16日 16:29

In my last part…

I wrote about the first 2 important ceremonies of my Indian wedding.
The first was Henna ceremony and the next was Haldi (turmeric) ceremony.

ターメリックセレモニーの重要性

ターメリックセレモニーは、結婚するカップルに悪霊が危害を加えないようにするために行われると信じられています。そのため、新郎新婦はターメリックセレモニーの後、結婚式まで家から出ることを許されないのが一般的だ。
インドの習慣では、ターメリックの鮮やかな黄色は非常に縁起が良いとされています。新しい人生を共に歩み始める二人は、この元素とその色の幸運のおかげで繁栄に恵まれます。そのため、結婚式のターメリックでは、新郎と新婦は黄色の衣装を身につけます。
化粧品による美容法やサロンが一般的でなかった昔、インド人は結婚式の日にカップルが美しく見えるように、自分たちの自然な美の秘訣に頼っていました。ターメリックは、肌を白く輝かせる効果があることで有名です。
美化、浄化、解毒作用に加え、ターメリックには新郎新婦が経験する不安を和らげる効果もあると考えられている。ウコンにはクルクミンという抗酸化物質が含まれており、軽い抗うつ作用や頭痛を和らげる作用があることがわかっている。

The turmeric ceremony took place on the morning before my wedding and I had to get up at 4 in the morning for getting ready. It was a little stressful but everyone had fun and loved the decoration, food and other arrangements.

On the same day I had my next event which is the Sangeet Night (Dance night).

As we had booked a place on the mountain for the wedding we had to travel for 2 hours to reach the venue.
It was a rough journey but the place was so beautiful that it was all worth it.

As all the Japanese people were new to the small roads and it was already dark due to winter, the journey was a bit scary for them.
Things were settled when everyone finally reached the venue.
The ceremony started 1 hour late due to few troubles.

When I reached the venue 2 people from Regeta i.e. the president and vice president were already their and my sister gave them a room to rest till the ceremony starts. After putting all my stuff in my room, I went to greet both of them and thank them for coming all the ay to India for my wedding.

The fun night finally started.

It was me and my husband who began the ceremony with our dance performance.

It was my husbands first time ever dancing to Indian music in front of a big crowd.

He did a great job and everyone enjoyed our performance.

The night continued with my sisters, cousins and friends’ performances.

My younger sister had 3 to 4 dances and I was really impressed. My mom also did a dance alone as well as with me and my sister.

The big surprise of the event was the dance by my husband’s sister and her husband.

I just sent them a dance YouTube video and they did a wonderful dance.

Everyone was so stunned to see them perform.
It was a fun night and we all enjoyed it a lot.

We all had our dinner and then moved to a small hall where our engagement ceremony arrangements were made.

Usually engagement ceremony in India is few months before the wedding but as we did not have time we did ours before our wedding day.

We exchanged rings in front of everyone and cut the cake. The night was finally over.

The next day was the main event that is the wedding ceremony. I woke up at 4 in the morning and went to the makeup artist room to start my hair and makeup.

It took 3 hours more for my makeup, hair and my outfit and I was finally ready. Ready to meet everyone. We took few photos ad video till 9:30.

I and my husband went to our respective rooms and waited for the call to go down at the main event place.

The ceremony started at 10 am which was on time. All the guests gathered and my traditional Maharashtrian wedding began.

The Varmala Ceremony stands out as a particularly intriguing one. Varmala marks the beginning of an Indian Wedding;the point at which the Bride and Groom come in contact to kick off the wedding rites.

The Seven Steps – What do they represent?
1. 家計を支え、健康を維持し、互い、家族、伝統に対する義務と責任を果たそう。
2. 精神力と霊力を養おう。
3. 正しく適切な手段によって、富と快適さを増しましょう。
4. 相互の愛と尊敬と信頼によって、知識と幸福と調和を獲得しよう。
5. 強く、徳のある、英雄的な子供たちの争う家族に恵まれるようにしよう。
6. 長寿に恵まれますように
7. 私たちは真の仲間であり続けましょう。

We had few other rituals and the complete wedding ceremony lasted for 3.5 hours. As the end of the ceremony I and my husband took pictures with the guests who came to our wedding. Than we had our wedding lunch.