There are plenty of marriage beliefs - like customs having long lasting meaning

flower arrangement at floral show at Mysore, India - Photographed at Mysore floral show
@ssh123 (31073)
India
November 24, 2006 12:25am CST
Husband giving orange blossom on wedding day - symbol of fruitfulness In hindu marriages, on wedding day, the bride should put right leg first at threshold of the house while knocking a rice kept in measuring bowl indicative of bring prosperity to the family. There may be many such beliefs in following certain customs. Can you please explain some of them?
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pkps1968
@pkps1968 (415)
• India
6 Dec 06
Actually these procedures are not so effective in real life! It is always for some self satisfactions only! I did not more ipressive in these things! This customs cant fine tune your life!
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ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
6 Dec 06
There are people who have tremendous faith in such formalities, saying that in arranged marriage, these things will help brining the couple more understanding. As you said, customs and traditions cannot fine tune the life of newly married ones. But then they should slightly modify these customs to fine tune the couple. Thanks for valid point.
ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
22 Dec 06
Your response has been given BR
rladiga00
@rladiga00 (1165)
• India
11 Feb 07
There are thousands of customs in Hindu Marriage which have to be followed by newly married ones. The bride's father has to present household articles and a bed too to the newly weds. This custom probably came into being because the married man has to live separately in a new house he need to invest money for each and everything to start his family life. To subsidise his expenditure, these presents are given. In Muslim community, now-a-days, particularly in middle class family, they send lorry-load of materials including colour TV, watch, clock, washing machine etc. so that the parents of bride assume that their daughter should not find difficult to maintain the family and do the household work with ease.
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ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
11 Feb 07
The new house is going to be a super bazar along with father-in-law's gift and gifts from family members and well wishers. One can put up a flea market or garage sale to get rid of articles which are duplicate (2 of the same type). Another interesting custom in Hindu Marriage is, the girl is not supposed call her husband's name. The belief is if she calls husband's name, the longivity of the husband is reduced!!!
euniceeleanor
@euniceeleanor (5967)
• Singapore
24 Dec 06
im a catholic and my family is taoist...there's so many superstitions and customs to follow that i dont even know ....stuff like 'bride and bridegroom shouldnt see each other on the eve of their wedding', if someone from the family member passed away, no wedding for 1-3 years..to show respect for the deceased, etc...hehe...there's just too many ...
ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
24 Dec 06
That is quite interesting and many of the traditions what you are following is also in existence in our relgion may be with slight variation.Thanks for the interesting discussion.
santwana_veddika
@santwana_veddika (2018)
• India
24 Dec 06
I am Indian and i belive in all this custome . what is its post effect i am not going to discuss it but these are the customs whose memory never expire . we enjoy these custome every time till life . and i belive that there is some meaning of all customes which we perform before marrige and after marriage .
ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
24 Dec 06
Very well said and the response you made denotes your firm coomitment to believe in the customs. I appreciate that and thanks for the response.
tensionfree
@tensionfree (211)
• India
24 Nov 06
Hey,I'm from Indian,from ANDHRA PRADESH,we dont have similar customs so I cant explain you.
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ssh123
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
24 Nov 06
Probably you are not aware. Ask your mother/father/grand parents. In every marriage there are hundreds of customs. there is meaning behind every custom. I am Bangalore, India. You cannot be telling me that Andhra marriages do not have customs.
Kalyni2011
@Kalyni2011 (3496)
• India
19 May 12
ssh123 We have so many customs, each has specific meanings, we have rich heritage too, i think you agree with me.. Best of luck. Happy posting, cheers. Kalyani