Bengali Marriage

Bengal is famous for the beauty, their culture and macchi bhat. Bengali girls are renowned for the beautiful eyes and hair. The marriages are too good to see. I have attended the shaadi of one of my friend and it was the joy for me to see such a beautiful Indian culture. They are the strong worshipper of the Devi Durga that’s why they give her fish. Usually the marriage are arranged by the ghotoks.they are the matchmakers who makes the contact between the family
Engagement ceremony-it is called patri patra ceremony .In this ceremony the bride and the groom family give the marriage card to the other family and then the engagement or ring ceremony is done.
Decoration –Alpana the rangoli with all the colours are made at the door to welcome the guest.
Vridhi ceremony-In this ceremony the ancestors are worshipped for the good marriage life of the bride groom
Dodhi mangal –In these ceremony the 10 women give the water to the bride or the bathe than they are offered the curd with the rice and fish. This ceremony is done in both the houses
Wedding Piris-this is the wooden plank decorated by the relatives in which the bride and groom are sits.
Tattavas-it is the ceremony of exchanging the gifts between the bride and groom
Then bride wear the red banarsi sari and the groom wear the cotton dhoti kurat and marriage with the saat phere and vidai is done.