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Jat Pre-Wedding Rituals: Feel The Essence Of Ethnicity!

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Jat wedding rituals

Jat community follows their rituals and traditions religiously; you can see the same thing in their wedding rituals as well. Jat wedding ceremonies are full of various traditions and customs. Their wedding customs resembles the Vedic-Aryans as the Jat girl and boy for marriage from the same gotra never get married. However, they are very much keen to get their children marry within their community. They never look for prospective bride or groom from some other community or religion. Here are some of the Hindus wedding rituals of Jat community.

Sagai: The first ritual of the jat wedding is sagai. The elder members of the family select the bride and groom based on their family status and other requirements. After selecting the prospective Jat bride and groom for marriage, they fix wedding date on that day.

Ring Ceremony: On this ceremony, the groom visits the bride’s home with family members and relatives. They offer gifts, clothes, jewelry to bride and her family as well. Besides, the main ceremony is ring ceremony, groom presents the ring to the bride and she wears the ring on her left ring finger. It is a declaration of formal engagement and beginning of other marriage ceremonies.

Bhat nutana: In this ritual, the mother of the bride and groom visits their paternal homes respectively to invite her paternal family formally. This ritual is done generally a month before the marriage.

Ban baihana: Both the families do a Ganesh puja before the marriage, to receive the blessing of God Ganesha for the peaceful completion of all wedding ceremonies.

Pithi lagana: A thick paste made of grounded barley, turmeric and ghee is applied on the face, hands, and feet of the bride. All the ladies of the family participate in this ceremony and apply the pithi on bride turn by turn.

Banorj: After the Ganesh puja the bride and the groom can’t have the food at their home. Their first meal is served at officiating priest’s house. This ritual is known as baman banori. Rests of the meals are served by close relatives and neighbors as well.

Ratijka: On the pre-wedding night, all the family members of the bride and groom’s family stay awake all night and sing folk songs and dance.

Mehndi Lagana: Mahendi is applied on the bride’s hand and feet. Besides, the females of both the families, relatives and friends gather on the occasion and apply mehendi on their hands.

Khichai: This ceremony is conducted at groom’s home where all the relatives and villagers are invited for a small feast with a dish made of rice and daal.

Chak puja ceremony: This is one of the most important ceremonies. They worship the potter’s wheel and start all wedding rituals after praying the wheel.

Barak nikasi: This ritual is for the procession of the barat towards the wedding venue. The groom rides a decorated horse to the wedding venue. He wears safa with a kalgi pinned on it.

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Look Like A Diva In Floral Jewelry On Your Mehendi Ceremony

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Floral Jewelry for Bride's Mehendi Ceremony

Are you the one who wants to try something new and nice on different wedding ceremonies? Do you want to look different on your mehendi day? Want to explore some unconventional options in jewelry to grab the attention of everybody? Floral jewelry is good option to look different. It is very much in trend and many girls prefer floral jewelry over conventional jewelry these days. Besides, there are many celebrities, who tried floral jewelry to look different on their mehendi/sangeet night. We are here sharing some useful tips with you to buy some classic and trendy floral jewelry:

First fix the venue: It is important that you first decide the venue of your mehendi party. If you are conducting the wedding mehendi ceremony at some distant location or in some farmhouse, which is far away from your home in that case try to find out venders close to your venue. It helps in keeping the jewelry fresh for longer time.

Freshness is important: Some brides have concern about the freshness of the floral jewelry as they believe that it might get dull and stale if kept for longer time or used for whole day. This is a wrong belief. The floral jewelry remains fresh for almost two days, so you need not to worry about the freshness of the jewelry.

Color of the jewelry: Choose a color that will go well with your attire. If you are going to wear something in single shade ask for floral jewelry designs that will go well with your dress. If you are planning to wear two shades dress, so you can wear jewelry in contrast to your dress. You can also share the picture of your dress to help the jewelry artist to create something nice for you.

What is the right time to place the order?: It is good if you will order your jewelry well in advance. What is the right time to place an order for the jewelry? Start searching the vender at least 15-20 days in advance. One you finalize the artist/vender, try to visit their showroom at least once to see their work. Place your order at least 10 days before the ceremony, so that they will get enough time to make the jewelry as per your requirement on time.

Which ornaments can you order?: The floral jewelry offers almost all the ornaments, which you can order for your ceremony. You can order jewelry like mangtikka, necklace, rings, earrings, bracelet, bajuband, bangles, kamarbandh, chabichalla and anklets. So, choose your jewelry the way you want to look. Try to avoid bracelet and anklet for your mehendi ceremony as you are supposed to apply mehendi on hands and feet.

Set your budget: You can easily get your floral jewelry within a decent amount. There are venders who can provide you floral jewelry between Rs. 3000 to Rs. 9000. If you need some selected items only in your jewelry, then there might be chances that you will get your jewelry in lower budget as well.

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Supper Sizzling Dressing Ideas To Look Diva On This Valentine’s Day

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valentine's day dressing idea

Are you planning to celebrate your Valentine’s Day with your fiancé? Do you want to look like a Diva on this Valentine’s Day ? This is one of the most awaited day of the year when all lovebirds want to celebrate this day together. To woo your man are you making some plans? You can’t miss this important occasion to look like a diva. Whether you are going for a romantic dinner date or for a movie, still you have to look stunning. Here are some awesome dressing tips to look like a Diva on this Valentine no matter wherever you go.

Beautiful knee length dress: To look super cute and awesome on your first date with your fiancé you can try a knee-length dress in pastel or some vibrant shades. Depending upon your taste and color complexion you can choose your dress. Put nice and light make-up with your beautiful dress. Since this is your first date, so you don’t want to miss a single opportunity to look gorgeous, but don’t do over of anything. Finish off the look with a cute bracelet, stylish bag and matching footwear. Don’t forget to wear a nice short coat or jacket with it.

A stylish short one-piece: This is one dress which looks nice on almost all the girls. If your man is taking you out for dinner then you can go for a stylish one-piece dress. You can choose the length of the dress depending upon your comfort level. If you are confident enough to carry a short dress with ease then you can go for shorter one, but if you are not confident to wear short dress then you can go for a decent length dress. Accessorize your outfit a classy clutch and elegant jewelry and strappy sandals.

Maxi dress: This is very much in trend and you can see many Bollywood divas wearing this maxi dress on various occasions. You can wear this beautiful maxi dress on a candle light dinner or even when you are going out for movie. Complete your looks with a half-up-half-down hair style and some nice antique jewelry.

Ripped jeans with some cool t-shirt: If you are going for some picnic or to some century park then this is the ideal outfit to look cool and classy. You can wear your favorite ripped jeans with a cool t-shirt to look decent. You can also pair your ripped jeans with quirky sweatshirt. You can go for some cool fishtail braid, a pretty pink lip-color and sneakers.

Long-comfortable skirt: If you both are planning to watch a romantic movie and dinner at your favorite hangout place, you can wear a long comfortable skirt to look stylish yet elegant on your movie-dinner date this Valentine’s Day. Enjoy this long-fit skirt in print, designs, plain solid color with some nice embroidery or border. You need not to do much with your hair as if you will go with small curls still you will look elegant and gorgeous in it.

Fiery Red: This is one color which you can never miss if you are planning your date with your fiancé on Valentine’s Day. You can choose any of the outfit in red color to look stunning. You can wear one-piece or for long-dress or even nice net frock in red color will also charming. Try and experiment with your looks in this bold color to make your own style statement. To complete your looks try some messy buns or curls for styling your hair.

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Gift A Luxury Watch To Your Man This Valentine’s Day!

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Luxury-Watch Gift for Husband on Valentine

Watches are important to make your own style statement. Watches are not only meant to wear as utility item, but it is a perfect example of individual’s taste, personality and style statement. Finding a stylish and perfect watch is really important for some people. If for you watch is not just a watch and for you it is your style statement, your accessory, your persona, so you will not settle down with anything and everything when it comes to a watch. The luxury watches are prime example of great looks, style and high-class functionality. Let’s take a look at some stylish branded watches which are real masterpiece.

Audemars Piguet: This ultra-luxury Swiss watch is by Audemars Piguet one of the most unique models in the market. The brand has its niche place in the market and produces 36,000 prestigious designer timepieces. They are the first one to create the first steel luxury steel watch. Gift the true masterpiece to your love.

Vacheron Constantin: Do you really want to gift him something really awesome and stylish? Gift him Vacheron Constantin watch, one of the most stylish and manly watch. This is brand is member of the Richemont Group. These stylish watches truly reflect their mastery and heritage.

Patek Phillipe: This is one of the premier watch companies which offer world class watches. The watches boast complicated mechanics and traditional styling and have been worn by the royal people as well. This is a classic masterpiece and must buy to make a royal statement. This is inspiringly classic and unique with distinctive style statement.

Rolex: Rolex is one brand which is internationally acclaimed and popular among all people who want to make their style statement. It’s has maintained the brand value consistently throughout the years. This real masterpiece has been ranked among the world’s most powerful global brands by Forbes. It is the only watch company which managed to create 2000 pieces per day.

Panerai: The watch company was founded in 1860 and since then it is creating the stylish timepieces. It has created a market base for itself because of its classic and bold designs. You can buy this stylish timepiece gift for husband on this Valentine’s Day.

Cartier: It is undoubtedly one of the most iconic watch and jewelry brands globally. It is very popular among the mainstream people and celebrities. These royal and classic watches don’t require any introduction as they speak for themselves. Its world-class material and classic design sets it apart from rest of the brands. It is true value for money and worth buying for your husband on this Valentine’s Day.

Omega: This Swiss luxury watch brand has earned its place with its classic work as well as contemporary designs. It is a leading luxury watch brand which is one of the most sought after. It is a must buy timepiece with contemporary designs and world-class standard.

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No Band Baja, But Marathon Baraat For This Unique Couple

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Marathon Baraat in Maharashtra

The village people of Kaloshi of Satara district in Maharashtra witnessed a unique ‘baraat’ procession in their village. This is totally a unique wedding procession, where all the baratis and even the bride and groom were dressed in T-shirts and tacks instead of wedding clothes, heavy jewelry and make-up. They all got ready in their T-shirts and tracks and run to the marriage registration office in Satara town.

The groom hails from Kaloshi village is associated with Satara Marathon Association for more than three years. Even his wife, Poonam is also linked with this Marathon Association. Both of them met first time during the Marathon event that this organization organizes. They planned to get married in a unique way of getting married to promote and spread the message of fitness.

Navnath owns printer repair shop, has taken part in more than eight marathons till so far and is a noted top runner of the association.

He told, “I am a fitness freak since childhood. Running has always been my hobby. After the marriage date was fixed, my friends started teasing me. They said that I would tie the knot only after running a marathon.”

Navnath, further added, “I am against spending exorbitantly on marriages, therefore I decided to go for a simple way. The money that I have saved will be used for a fitness cause.”

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