Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Punjabi Wedding

A Punjabi wedding is known as a really long process.

There are many pre-wedding rituals including Roka ceremony, Sangeet, Sagan, Mehendi Ceremony, ChunniChadana Ceremony and many others. Roka ceremony is conducted to secure the commitment between both families. In this small function, it involves of exchanging sweets, gifts, dry fruits. Roka ceremony is performed on mutually suitable chosen date as ‘shubhmuhurat’. Close friends and family members will attend this function. The purpose of this is to exchange gifts and cash. This particular ceremony is the engagement between the two alliances and after Roka, the marriage date will be fixed.

The next ritual is Sagan. Sagan is a ceremony which takes place at the groom’s house or at the banquet hall. When the ceremony begins, a sacred fire ceremony called ‘haven’ will be performed. Then, the bride’s father will apply the ‘tikka’ which is made out of kesar, flower petals and rice grains onto the groom’s forehead and offers him some sweets and gifts. Throughout the wedding ceremony, the groom will accept blessings from the bride’s family members. Then, each of the relatives and friends from the bride’s side will start offering mithai to the boy and give cash.

Next, it is followed by Chunni Chadana. At this particular occasion, it is the turn for the groom’s parents and relatives to visit the bride’s house. A red chunni or a sari will be presented to the bride either by the groom’s sister or the sisters- in-law. After dressing up the bride, she will be leaded by the families of the groom to the venue where the ceremony of which the groom’s mother will give her gifts and jewelries. Right after this, the bride will be fed boiled rice and milk again by the families...

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...k for the blessing of the God as the performance of traditional aarti. Later, the groom’s family will hold a grand Reception party. The purpose of doing this is to give a warm welcome to the new couple.

On the first day in the bride’s new home, she is required to cook something which preferably a sweet dish. For example like halwa or kheer.Then, the parents and relatives of the groom will come to her house and give the presents and gifts to the bride. First day after the wedding, the family of the groom will visit the bride’s parents. At this time, the girl’s parents and relatives will give clothes and jewellery as gifts to both the girl and the boy. Finally, it will be the last ritual named ‘Phera Dalna’ which marks the visit of the newly weds to the bride’s house after the wedding day then usually the bride’s brother will be the one who fetches the couple .