-Purvi Gupta
The traditional Gujarati attire consist of patola silk which also known as “queen of all the silks”. Brides often wear lehenga made out of silk. Even the normal sarees worn are of silk. And in Kutch the traditional outfit worn by women is known as Abha which is a long piece of blouse decorated with mirror work, while man in Kutch wear loose pants with short frock like coat. And during the festival of Navratri the most famous traditional outfit includes Chania choli, chunni, saree which is the traditional outfit for women and for men it is kediyu, dhoti, kurta. And as for jewellery women wear a silver jewellery, Kamar band, Nath. But now a days the culture of clothes has shifted from wearing saree, Chania choli to salwar kameez.
In
Gujarat it a tradition to distribute jaggery and coriander to the guest during
the engagement ceremony after the rings are exchanged. An also the bride’s side
of family gives the groom’s side of family gifts with lots of sweet. We all do
wait for the wedding ceremonies since it’s the most beautiful thing to watch
with variety of food served to the guest by the bride’s family. The wedding
ceremony starts with vargodho that going from groom’s house to bride’s house.
And when the groom’s family arrived, they are welcomed (swagtam) with a thali
for puja. Later the bride’s father performance’s a ritual
of giving his daughter to the groom’s family which is known as kanya daan. Ganesh puja is also done to start the ceremony. And during this puja the couple performance mangl phera, in which they walk around the fire in
a circle 7 times. The ceremony comes to end when the groom puts Mangal sutra
around the bride’s neck and sindhur in the head. And then the bride goes to
groom’s house to live rest of her life there.
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