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Bengali Wedding Photography
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BENGALI WEDDINGS
According to my more than three decades in wedding photography and being an Indian, I can confidently tell you that Bengali wedding rituals are similar to Hindu wedding rituals. One of the most important factors of the Bengali wedding ritual is the fact that five to seven married women in the families’ grind turmeric with mortar and pestle and apply it on the groom’s body which is symbolic and the same ceremony will take place at the home of the bride. She will receive he turmeric and other elements from the groom’s house and the bride has to wear a new Sari and Gamchha; a cotton red and white cloth and she will apply the grinded turmeric paste all over her body.
Bor Jatri; this is a very cordial and jovial wedding ceremony where the groom and his family members come gaily dressed with pomp and pageantry to the bride’s house for the wedding. This is similar to a Baraat.
Bor Boron
This is after the groom and his family members reaches the home of the bride and the mother of the bride and her relatives come out and welcome the groom’s side with an earthen lamp, sprinkling trefoil, and rice kept in a bamboo winnow, alongside serving of sweets and drinks to the groom’sfamily by the bride’s family.
Potto Bastra:
The groom will sit on the altar and a male elder of the family will offer him new clothes. He is the one who does the Sampradaan. This ceremony symbolizes that the groom has accepted to take responsibility of the bride going forward. In all of these, the work of the wedding photographer is going on in the background, capturing moments of this traditions and the reactions of its participants.
Saat Paak:
This ceremony is where the brother(s) of the bride take her in their hands and complete seven circles. After this exercise, the bride sits next to her groom on the altar.
Subho Dristi
Saat Paak is followed by another ritual known as the Subho Dristi where the bride and groom look each other in the eyes and the bride removes the betel leaves that covers her face, symbolizing the beginning of togetherness for them.