E L I S A: May 2008

Arranged wedding

Indian marriages are all about tradition, customs and rituals. As compared to marriages all around the world, Indian marriages are elaborate events. In India, marriages are not only about the bride and the groom but also the mingling of their families. Traditionally, marriages in India were arranged by family members.

Differences

The rituals also vary depending on the culture and religion of the bride and the groom. Amongst all the Indian Weddings, the Punjabi or Sindhi weddings are celebrated over a span of one week, were as the Christians weddings require much lesser time. The Indian Wedding rituals vary among different castes and classes as well; Bengali, Hindu, Kashmiri, Marwari, Punjabi, Buddhist, Muslim, Talim. Punjabi ladies sing and dance on the tunes, other is where the groom´s shoes are hidden by the bride´s relatives and friends and a negotiation takes place regarding the price wich has to be paid for it to be turned; Bhangras and Giddas are dance.Indian wedding ceremonies make up the Indian weddings. The rituals may differ slightly depending on wich part of Indian the couple comes from. The ceremonies can be divided into three basic parts : Pre-Wedding Ceremonies, Main Day Ceremonies and Post Wedding Ceremonies, while in our church and civil marriages there is only one day Ceremonie and then there may be a trip of them alone, the bride and groom, without their family.

Monsoon Wedding
A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecomunications and western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some Delhi during the monsoow season to atted the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lost of music and ever a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the house maid Alice.