Monday, November 19, 2012

Sumptuous Cuisine Makes a Wedding Ceremony Perfect!

You must have done perfect match making, booked the wedding venue, ordered dresses, prepared guest list, but have you decided on the wedding menu? Just like other arrangements wedding menu plays a crucial role in making your marriage ceremony successful.

Deciding on menu for the special occasion like marriage includes considering the season, budget, and the kind of guests. The menu may include vegetarian, non-vegetarian and sea food specialties for youngsters, children and adults. Including a variety of sweet dishes, soups, soft drinks make children happy.

There is no end to the kind of cuisines served in Indian weddings. Nowadays, most of the wedding ceremonies include cuisine of different culture such as Punjabi, Maharashtrian, Chinese, South Indian, etc. Each matrimony serves different type of cuisine. For instance, in Oriya matrimony a variety of spices is used in vegetables that add a subtle flavor to the wedding menu. Seafood such as shrimp, crab and fish are popular Oriya cuisine. Oriyas love sweets and therefore, no marriage menu is complete without sweet dish.

Chinese and Punjabi food is one of the favorite food counters in every marriage. The delicacies such as butter paneer, noodles, paneer tikka masala, chilli chicken attracts the guests. Similarly, Maharashtrian food is incomplete without potato wada, poori and aloo bhaji.

An important food item in any matrimony is rice, which can be served in any form likenorth Indian biryani, Maharashtrian masala rice, Chinese fried rice, etc. Choice of Indian desserts includes jalebi, gulab jamun, and other sweetslike mousse, chocolate brownie, cakes, etc.

Delicious and lip smacking menu is the only thing in marriage that your guests remember over the years.

About Author:

Swati Srivastava writes on behalf of the popular matrimony site JeevanSaathi.com, which provides a convenient way to find your life partner. The site assists you to find a perfect match in communities like Oriya Matrimony and match making in other matrimonial.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Costumes in Bengali Wedding



Weddings in India represent a combination of linguistic diversity and rich ethnicity of our country. Indian marriages involve celebration, rituals, fun and lot more.In India, marriage is believed to be a sacred institution where a woman and a man enter into a life time relationship.

Bengali matrimony has usually warm and rich style of wedding. The unique feature of this style of marriage is blowing of conch shell. Another point of attraction is the Ooli sound made by women throughout the wedding ceremony. As per ritual, the pious sound is made to draw everyone’s attention to the wedding ceremony.

Costumes play a vital role in Indian marriages where different cultures have different style of dressing. The most exciting part of Indian marriage is shopping for bride and groom.

Bridal look: In Bengali matrimony, getting dressed up for the wedding is a ceremony in itself. On the wedding day, the bride decorates herself in bridal get up where a traditional red banarsi saree looks awesome. The hair is usually neatly tied in a bun and head covered with veil. The bridal attire is incomplete without a white mukuton head.Finally, the bridal look is finished by making a design of mukuton her forehead with chandan paste.This look makes Bengali bride ready for other ceremonies to be followed.

Groom’s Look: The bridegroom wears a silk dhoti and kurta in Bengali wedding ceremony. At the time of performing rituals, the bridegroom drapes a white silk cloth known as jor around his body. The cloth is used to tie one end with that of the bride’s sareeto perform some rituals. The groom also wears a mukut known as topor on his head. Topor is a shoal conical hat made of paper.

Wedding ceremony is the most awaited occasion of your life. Hence, make your marriage an unforgettable, colorful, and splendid event by dressing at your best!