The
people with Bengali as their native language or associated with Bengali culture
are referred as Bengali people. These people are mostly living in India and Bangladesh.
These people are staying in states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Odisha of
Eastern parts of India. Bengali communities are well established in countries Japan,
Malaysia, United Kingdom, Singapore and the United States. Bengali marriage has
traditional with regards to the Hindu religion. In the past days, wedding is
arranged by friends or relatives of the bride and groom families. Now days, matchmaking
are arranged by the matrimony services, wedding agents. After match the wedding
is fixed by the parents with mutual coordination.
Bengali Wedding
Traditions
The
main four steps of marriage are Gaye Holud for the bride and groom, the Beeye
and the Bou Bhaat. On the first engagement ceremony the groom presents the wedding
ring to her bride which is also known as ‘Ashirwaad’.
Pre-Marriage
The
auspicious day is selected to welcome both the bride and groom where the elders
give blessing by sprinkling rice on their heads. This is the acceptance of the parents
of both sides for marriage. On the ‘Gaye Holud’ function, the married women put
grind turmeric on the bride and groom on their respective homes. Next ‘Dodhi
Mongol’ ceremony on the wedding day where 7 married ladies adorn red and white
colour bangles on the bride's hands and offered curd rice meal.
Marriage Day
The
people from the groom's house visit to the bride's house for wedding which is
known as ‘Bor Jatri or Barat’. After the groom family reaches the bride's house,
the mother of bride welcome the groom by showing the holy Lamp, sprinkling rice
which placed on ‘Kula’ (bamboo winnow).
Post-Marriage
This
is farewell ‘Bidaay’ of the bride with blessings of her parents for new life. Also
the groom’s family arranges the welcome ceremony of newly wed bride to her new
home. Here the bride dips her feet on plate within milk and ‘Alta’ before
entering to the house.
You
can get free registration with Indian matrimony sites to search the brides and
grooms from Bengali community and other different candidate profiles.
