Six taboos
In the minds of Hindus, the cow is the mount of Lord Shiva, so it is forbidden to eat beef or cowhide products. However, *** Hindus do not eat pork, so it is better for tourists to consume chicken or mutton.
One should avoid handing things to the locals with the left hand as it is considered unclean.
Don't touch the head of a child as it is considered sacred in India.
Slippers are mandatory in religious temples and monuments, so it is best to follow the custom.
When visiting Indian temples, it is best to avoid wearing shorts and skirts.
When you see a special religious ceremony, don't look at it with contempt or criticize it, as it may cause trouble.
Hindus are most avoided in the same food plate with vegetables, vegetarians more. Generally, the higher the rank, the fewer the non-vegetarian eaters; the lower the rank, only eat non-vegetarian (mutton).
Question 2: Hindus like what etiquette Indian customs and etiquette
1, cattle in the eyes of the Hindus are considered sacrosanct, no one shall harm them, cattle in the street, free walking, by the most Rose seekers; into the Hindu temple, the body must not be wearing clothing or accessories taken from cattle.
2, in India, if the left hand to the other side of the things, the other side will think you are contempt of him, or malicious. When handing over something, you must hand it over with your right hand or use both hands. Eating is also done with the right hand. Because, Indians generally use the left hand when bathing, toilet, they believe that the left hand is unclean.
3. In India, shaking the head is a sign of certainty.
4, India's trains have a fixed station of beggars, they do this for a living, some people will even deliberately self-mutilation to gain sympathy, their income is not lower than most of the farmers in the field, so it is recommended to cross the heart.
5. Every station in India has a delicious looking food stall, but don't be fooled by the looks and smell, except for the fruits, which taste almost the same as in China, almost everything else is very spicy.
6, India every station platform will have several taps labeled drinking water, almost every Indian stop will go to fill water. But please don't do it unless you think you have an iron stomach, because it's easy to get diarrhea.
7, the Indian railway station inherited the British style, the station entrance can be no one at all check the ticket, you can go in and out of the platforms at will, but the ticket inspector on the train will check very tightly, once caught evading the ticket is a heavy fine.
The Indian people are mainly located in the country of India. India is a nation of etiquette, but also a country where the culture of the East and the West **** exist. Some Indians wind to foreigners, can use the standard English greetings "hello" and some with the traditional Buddhist gestures - hands together. Hindus meet and say goodbye to more hands together salute, and greet each other to wish good luck. Bend down and touch the feet of the elders when performing the salute. Indians in the hands together, always raise their hands to the face before counting together. This kind of greeting, seems to be more noble than shaking hands, elegant, people have a kind of "fairyland" feeling. You must pay attention to is, never in the hands of the time, also at the same time nodding (foreigners in India often have this kind of action, easy to cause the local people's snickers), that undermines the atmosphere of cordiality and gas, seems a bit unorthodox in India, to welcome guests, the hosts offer garlands of flowers, set in the neck of the guests, wives send their husbands out of the door, the highest etiquette is to touch the heel and kiss the foot. Now, men and women in the city to meet has been more practiced handshake, expressed intimacy when also embrace. In most places it is more common for men to shake hands when they meet or part. Men should not shake hands with Indian women; they should fold their hands and bow gently. Men should not touch women, even in public **** occasions do not talk to women alone, women rarely show up in **** places. Indians consider whistling to be an offensive gesture and a sign of lack of breeding. They consider it inhuman to bathe a child in a tub. This is because stagnant water is not flowing and the child will suffer and die after bathing. Indians like to talk about cultural achievements, Indian traditions, and foreign affairs and the lives of foreigners. Indian women like to have an auspicious mole in the middle of the forehead, with different colors and shapes, which means different meanings in different situations, and it is a symbol of joy and good fortune. Indian men and women have the habit of wearing all kinds of decorations. Indian people have different status, there is a hierarchy, attach great importance to status. A certain high B a certain grade, A and B can not sit on an equal footing, the requirements are quite strict. In Mumbai, India, 60% of the people are vegetarians therefore, feast Indian businessmen, must confirm the other side of the custom beforehand, whether it is a vegetarian. In India, if you want to enter the Hindu temple, the body can never wear to cowhide manufacturing things, wear cowhide manufacturing things, will be regarded as a violation of the prohibitions, leather shoes, leather strap, belts, handbags and other cowhide products, are not allowed to enter its temple door. Indians remove their shoes before walking into a temple or kitchen. They believe that if you wear shoes in, neither polite, nor holy. Regardless of men and women, young and old, all the shoes on the door, barefoot into. Indians love tea, mostly black tea. All kinds of ***, the intermission is also equipped with tea, entertaining guests needless to say. In the Indian family dinner, guests can give the host to bring some fruit, sugar as a gift, but also to the host's children to bring some gifts. Many women do not chat with their guests or eat with them. Indians love the numbers 3, 7 and 9. They believe that the color red signifies life, vigor, vitality and enthusiasm, and the color blue indicates sincerity. The sunny yellow color indicates radiance and magnificence. Green means peace and hope. Purple indicates tranquility of mind. Indian people in life and clothing color ...... >>
Question 3: Why did the Indians choose Hinduism for their religious beliefs? First, Buddhism originally beat out Brahmanism as the dominant religion in India because of its mass-oriented character. But after the sixth and seventh centuries, Buddhism gradually isolated itself from its original mass base, as its philosophy evolved into a complex, esoteric, and obscure scriptural school, and as the popularity of Tantra (the interpenetration of Hinduism and Buddhism) gave rise to an element of secrecy and eroticism.
Secondly, the defeated Brahmins drew on the organizational and intellectual strengths of Buddhism for centuries. In the middle of the 8th century, the Hindu philosophical genius Shankara emerged to synthesize a logically powerful new school of thought by incorporating, on the one hand, the ideas of Buddhist philosophers such as Longshu and, on the other hand, the ideas of Vedanta in Hinduism.
Thirdly, at the same time as the decline of Buddhism, the northern *** invasion of North India, where Buddhism was at its most flourishing, came from the Central Asian region. The invasions were intermittent over the centuries. In centuries of intermittent invasions, Buddhist monasteries and monks in North India fell into misery because they were regarded as heretics. Hinduism, on the other hand, with its deep roots in South India, where the *** had not yet reached, suffered a blow but was able to keep its lifeblood intact. Buddhism was not so lucky. In the eleventh century, when *** monks visited India, they found that the Nalanda Temple, the largest Buddhist center in India, had been reduced to ruins. Thus, Buddhism was completely extinct in ancient India.
It was not until the 19th century, when Buddhism was reintroduced from Burma and Sri Lanka, that Indian Buddhism was reborn.
Question 4: What are the taboos of Indians? With universal taboos are: sleep, can not head to the north, feet to the south, it is said that the king of Yama lives in the south; night taboo say snake; festival alive and joyful days taboo pancakes; baby taboo look in the mirror, otherwise it will become mute; father alive, the son taboo wrapped since the turban, shaved head; 3 and 13 is a number of taboos, because the god of Shiva has three eyes, the third eye is destructive, 13 is because the person died after 13 days of mourning period; During pregnancy, women are not allowed to make clothes or take photographs; they are not allowed to pass things with their left hand.
In terms of diet, followers of Hinduism abstain from eating beef, and those who follow the *** religion abstain from eating pork. Invited to the Indian home guests, hostesses often do not chat with the guests, but also different guests to eat together, the invitation, the Indian people believe that the cost should be paid by the rich.
Indians are very taboo with the left hand to take delivery of goods, that the left hand is dirty lowly. They do not like others to touch the head of their own children, especially noteworthy is that the Indians expressed agreement or affirmation, not like us shaking our heads "not" nodding "yes", but shaking their heads, or first slightly tilted his head to the left, and then immediately restored to its original state said "The first thing you need to do is to get your head out of the clouds and get back to your original position.
If you want to visit temples throughout India, the body should never wear to cowhide manufacturing things, islets such as leather shoes, leather straps, belts, handbags and other cowhide products, do not bring into the temple door, otherwise it will be regarded as a violation of the prohibitions. Because in this belief in the country of Hinduism, believers worship the cow, the cow as a sacred object, the cow can not be slaughtered, they are even made of cowhide things also do not want to see. Into the Indian temple or kitchen before, but also first take off your shoes. Indians believe that if you wear shoes to go in, neither polite, nor holy. To summarize, Indians are forbidden to wear leather products (belts, straps, shoes, clothes), especially in sacred places, because Hindus do not kill cows, *** do not bhakti pigs, Jains do not have to kill people and animals or insects.
To enter a temple or *** temple in India, one removes shoes and crosses the threshold without stepping over it. To enter a temple barefoot, one has to wash one's feet at the entrance beforehand as a sign of courtesy.
Anyone who enters a *** temple is not allowed to wear shorts or sleeveless undershirts and is also required to remove their shoes.
Anyone entering a Sikh temple must first put on a turban or cap and then remove their shoes before entering.
It is not permitted to sniff or touch the flowers displayed in the market and such behavior is frowned upon.
Whistling is taboo in India, especially for women. In restaurants, stores and other service industries, if a person whistles to greet the waiter is regarded as an offense to the personality of others as a first act of etiquette.
The head is the most sacred part of the Indian body, so travelers should not touch their heads directly. Never pat an Indian child on the head, as it is believed to hurt the child.
Even in a friend's house, do not praise a child, as many Indians believe that such praise attracts the attention of evil people.
To go to India to do business, we must pay attention to the Indian people every holiday generally no longer carry out a variety of business activities, and with the Indian people to talk, do not involve their wives and children, they like to talk about their own country's ancient cultural achievements and the contribution of their own culture to human civilization, as well as foreign things and foreigners' lives.
Question 5: Hindu Liturgy Hinduism has never prescribed a uniform liturgy comparable to that of Christianity or Judaism. Devout Hindus recite prescribed prayers every day at the humble altars that every Hindu home has, and they may frequent one of the temples tended by men called priests, which are ubiquitous in India, to pray or to donate food and flowers. But there is no fixed and rigid ritual, no fixed ordination or priesthood, and no special religious holiday for worship like the Christian Sunday, the Jewish Sabbath, or the *** Friday. Those who acted as full-time clerks in religious ceremonies, and as reciters of the Vedas and narrative poems, written chiefly in Sanskrit, were members of the highest rank of the Brahmin caste, and they were also the sole executors of funerals, weddings, rites of passage, and of prayers to the gods on behalf of men. These are undoubtedly priestly functions, yet it is not required that the executors should necessarily be intermediaries between the layman and the deity. All members of the Hindu Brahmins are not priests, and although Hindu priests administer temples and receive offerings, they are far from being formally ordained offices as in Christianity or Judaism. There are also a number of Hindu festivals, most of which are as culturally charged as they are religiously charged, such as Diwali in the fall and Holi in the spring. Diwali, one of India's major religious festivals, lasts five days, equivalent to late October on the current common calendar. The festival is dedicated to the goddess of wealth, Auspicious Lady, and in Bengal to the goddess Kali. Holliday, the Hindu Spring Festival, that is, the calendar in February and March of the hope of the day. The festival is rich in the characteristics of the carnival, when people regardless of caste, gender, social status and age, and strive to have fun. There is also an ancient Hindu tradition of performing Hajj to famous temples and shrines. A look at modern Indian festivals and the Hajj will provide an insight into Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1342-1400), one of the most distinguished writers and greatest poets in England before Shakespeare's time. In his long poem, The Canterbury Tales, written in his later years, he recounts the pilgrims traveling on horseback from London to the city of Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of the martyred saint. --The Translator Times England and most of the West in medieval Europe were filled with religious ideas to some extent.In 2001, 30 million people were attracted to the 12-yearly Bhagavatam at Allahabad on the middle Ganges River, India's greatest riverside puja, which rotates every three years between four places, so the same place once every 12 years. It is said that during the assembly, people bathe in the river to purify their bodies, minds and mouths. However, the wave of renunciation that spread across Europe at the beginning of the Renaissance has emerged in today's India, which has been buffeted by urbanization, industrialization, the technological revolution and the rise of the nation-state. Religion has become less important than other more secular opportunities for the growing number of urban professional Indians. While these people are still only a minority of the total population, they are mostly the same groups that have abandoned caste or have an indifferent attitude towards it. Many leaders in modern India have adopted the concept of irreligion, and even Gandhi vocally opposed caste discrimination and spoke out against the harsh treatment of the untouchables, the disenfranchised, disempowered, and lowest portion of India's population outside of the various castes, also known as migrants.
Question 6: What are the basic social etiquettes of Indians? Traditional meeting etiquette Indians meet their acquaintances and guests with folded hands, raised to their chests, and a smile on their faces to say Namaste. This is the traditional greeting in India. Namaste is a word of good luck and respect in Hindi. Indians should perform the foot-touching ritual when they meet the person they respect the most, that is, after meeting, they bend down to touch the other person's feet, and then touch their own foreheads. This is to show the highest courtesy to the honored person. Indian Etiquette Modern city dwellers are more likely to perform the handshake when they meet. But must pay attention to is, never stretch out the left hand and others to shake hands, because the Indians believe that the left hand is unclean (to go to the toilet with the left hand to scoop up water to clean up excreta), with the left hand to shake hands is regarded as a person's disrespect and insults. Indian homes are generally covered with a carpet, guests and hosts are sitting on the ground cross-legged, that is, sitting cross-legged, the two *** fork folded on top of the legs, hands on both knees. Nowadays, city dwellers use sofas and chairs more often, but there are still many people who love to sit cross-legged on sofas. Hair Shaving Ceremony It is traditionally customary for Hindu families to perform a hair shaving ceremony when a boy reaches the age of three. The shaving ceremony involves a priest, a barber, and family and friends. The parents carry the child into a colorful hut that is erected and placed beside them. The ceremony is conducted by the priest, who draws a square next to the boy, draws a figure in red sandy clay, and sprinkles it with rice. The boy is then made to sit next to the figure and his hair is shaved by a barber. Hindus do not shave all of their hair in the shaving ceremony; a strand of hair is kept. Baby Naming Ritual After the baby is born, the parents, after careful deliberation and deliberation, will give the baby a beautiful, auspicious, and melodious name. After the name is given, the parents will hold a naming ceremony on the tenth day of the child's life. Before the ceremony, the room is cleaned and the mother and baby are bathed and cleansed. After the religious ceremony, the baby's mother wraps the baby in a clean cloth and hands it to the baby's father. The father holds the baby against his chest and tells the child that his father is naming him. The mother then prays to the sun. Then the father attaches himself to the baby's ear, "You are a believer in God, and your name is xxxxx." At this point, the priests and family and friends present then say, "That is a beautiful name. The priest then blesses the baby. The parents of the baby entertain the priests, relatives and friends with a meal before the congregation disperses. Wearing a sacred thread - a sign of high caste In India, it is common to see men wearing white coils on their wrists, which are sacred threads worn by the high castes of the Hindu religion. According to the rules, only the three castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas have the right to wear the sacred thread, while Doddharas and untouchables are not allowed to wear the sacred thread. The sacred thread is made of three strands twisted together, the Brahmin boys wear the cotton thread, the Kshatriya boys wear the linen thread and the Vaishya boys wear the woolen thread. A boy wears the sacred thread for the first time in a ceremony. Usually a Brahmin priest recites verses and puts the sacred thread on the boy. The Hindu religion divides a person's life into four stages, also known as the four periods of action, namely: the period of Brahmacharya, the period of home, the period of forest and the period of recluse. Hindu boys also perform the rites of worship and initiation between the ages of five and eight. This is a ceremony for boys to worship a religious teacher and leave home to receive religious training. At the beginning of the ceremony, the parents bathe the boy, shave his hair, and accept the teacher's gift of clothing for the training away from home, which includes a cloth to cover his face. The teacher gives the clothes to the boy by chanting the sutra. He then presented a straw belt, awarded the holy sash, and gave the boy an animal-skin garment and a wooden stick. Thereafter, the teacher takes a stick of water and pours it into the hands of the boy who pays homage to the teacher, symbolizing that the teacher has passed on knowledge to the student. The boy who pays homage to the teacher has to pray to the sun before the teacher accepts him as his student. The teacher recites the sun scripture before the student: This is reality, this is wisdom, this is light, and we have bright sunshine. It is the fire that ignites our intelligence and wisdom. After the ceremony of worship, the boy is sent to the home of the guru, where he lives with him, studies the Vedas, delves into the Upanishads receives training in various precepts, and does not rejoin his family until the end of the Brahmacharya period (about twelve years), when he can lead a secular life and begin the household period. Taboos of Interaction in India Many parts of India have a number of taboos. The villagers of Tamil Nadu have taboos against numbers, believing that one, three, and seven are unlucky, and try to avoid saying these numbers in their daily lives. There are also a lot of taboos on having children, such as the belief that the fourth birth of a girl will be dumped, ...... >>
Question 7: What is the main religion of the Indian people? Many people may be watching the Journey to the West, mistakenly thought: India believe in Buddhism.
In fact, there is no Buddhism in India.
(There are only a very small number of Buddhists, spread from Tibet, China).
The largest religion in India is Hinduism. (It is the fourth largest religion in the world).
The second largest religion in India is ***ism. (It is also the second largest religion in the world).
The largest Buddhist country in the world, is China.
Some people say it's Thailand, but that's according to the percentage of Buddhists. If you look at the number of Buddhists, China should be the largest.
The largest Christian country in the world is the United States.
The largest Orthodox country in the world is Russia.
The largest Catholic country in the world, is Brazil.
The largest *** religious country in the world is Indonesia.
The largest Hindu country in the world, is India.
Question 8: What colors are preferred or worshipped in India? Most of the inhabitants of India follow Hinduism, followed by *** religion, Christianity, and Sikhism. In India, the moon is the symbol of all good things.
Indians should pass English business cards when they meet each other, and English is the language of business in India. When the host and the guest meet, they should greet each other with their hands folded in front of their chests. Mouth reading: "Namasdui" (Sanskrit: "nod to you", now expresses greetings or blessings). The younger generation bends down and touches the feet of the elders while performing the salutation to show their respect for them. Men are not allowed to shake hands with women. Many housewives shy away from meeting strange men and do not readily make contact with outsiders. However, if men are invited to a real social event, they should be asked to come with their wives. Men and women in ordinary relationships can not talk alone.
Indians are shaking their heads to indicate approval, nodding their heads to indicate disagreement. People use their hands to scratch their ears to express self-reproach; the action of summoning someone is to swing the palm of the hand down to the fingers, but not just one finger; pointing to people should also use the whole palm of the hand, not one or two fingers.
To Indian temples or families as a guest, you must take off your shoes when entering the door. To meet the guests, the host often offer a garland, set on the neck of the guests. The size and length of the garland depends on the status of the guest. The wreaths for VIPs are thick and long, reaching above the knees. For general guests, the wreath only reaches the chest. When a wife sends her husband away from home, the highest form of etiquette is to kiss the heels and feet. When visiting an Indian home, you can bring fruits and sweets as gifts, or give some gifts to the host's children.
Food, gifts and tea are taken with the right hand, not the left, nor with both hands. When dining, it is most taboo for Hindus to take food from the same container. Do not eat the food touched by others, and even others cleaned tea cups, but also to wash themselves again before using. Like to eat separate meals, pay attention to the dishes crispy, general taste does not like too salty, favor spicy. Their staple food is mainly rice, and they are also interested in cakes in pasta. Do not eat mushrooms, bamboo shoots, fungus. People who believe in Hinduism and Sikhism abstain from eating pork, beef. They generally do not drink alcohol, because it is against religious customs. But have the habit of drinking tea, the way is "lick drink", that is, the milk tea in the plate, licked with the tongue to drink. Indians least like to eat meat, eat vegetarian people more, the higher the rank, eat meat less. Prefer Chinese Cantonese and Su cuisine.
Taboo white, accustomed to using lilies as mourning goods. They taboo curved moon pattern, regarded 1, 3, 7 as inauspicious numbers, and Indian people talk, to avoid the religious conflict, and Pakistan's relations, wages and gender relations topics.
India is sacred to the cow, taboo eating beef, taboo with cowhide products. Snakes are worshipped and killing them is seen as offending the gods. Taboo bath tub to the child bathing, that is "stagnant water", is inhumane behavior.
Each ethnic group in Thailand has its own traditional dress. Nowadays, men in Thai cities usually wear dark-colored suits and ties in formal social occasions. Women in formal social occasions to wear national dress, can also wear skirts; in daily life, can wear a variety of popular clothing, but in the public **** occasion avoid wearing shorts.
Etiquette
In Thailand, shoes should be removed to enter the Buddhist temple, and shoes should be removed to enter the living room of local people. They hate the habit of patting and flapping demeanor in ordinary life and consider it impolite. The locals extend the little finger upwards to indicate peace, the thumb downwards to indicate failure, and extend the bent index finger to indicate death.
Meet etiquette
The Thai people are generous in nature, gentle and courteous in the meeting is not a handshake and say hello, but the palm of the hand to say "Shawa Dikka". This way of greeting is called "Wai" in Thai. This is done by bringing your hands up to your chest, with your palms joined but not pressed together, as if you were holding a piece of cotton in your palms. Your hands are then shaped like a budding lotus flower.
On different occasions, when facing different people or events, the practice of "wai" will be different. For example, when greeting your peers, the tips of your fingers should not be higher than your chin when you put your palms together. When performing the "wai" salute to elders, one must bow one's head so that the tip of the finger touches the tip of the nose. When showing respect to an honored object, such as a highly respected elder, the palms are raised to the forehead. When Thai people meet a monk or a statue of Buddha, they kneel down, put their palms together, and touch their foreheads to the ground in worship. Thais usually return the "wai" salute when their peers "wai" them. But if the younger generation to the elders "Wei", the elders are not required to return "Wei", some only to nod or smile in response.
I. Social customs
The general characteristics of the social customs of the Indian people can be summarized in these words:
Indian nationals more "caste", different religions, more provisions;
National complexity of more beliefs, personality in general, more stable;
Green auspicious more favorites, white chagrin more taboo;
Green, white, white, white, white, white, white, white, chagrin more taboo. White is a taboo;
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Question 9: What is the Indian favorite animal In India, the cow is worshipped as a deity, this special status does have its historical evolution, and its development and evolution of the status of Hinduism in India is closely related to the rise and fall; not only that, the Indian people care for animals in the development of human society in the history of traces of the development of history, which is similar to the primitive religion do not slaughter animals have similar taboos. The Indian people's behavior of caring for animals is also well documented in the history of human society, and it is similar to the primitive religion of not killing animals.
In addition, monkeys are rampant in India, and elephants, snakes, and other animals are protected.
Question 10: Indian customs and traditions Four traditional rituals traveled all over the world, when in Rome, do as the Romans do is the invariable truth. Indians have 4 major traditional ceremonies, which are birth, funeral, marriage and Puja. In addition, traveling in India, you must know India's 10 special habits and 6 taboos, to ensure that you have fun, a safe journey.
Birth
Traditionally in India, men are favored over women, because when a daughter gets married, her parents must prepare a rich dowry, and if there is no dowry, the daughter can not be married off Hindus bathe in the "holy water" of the Ganges River. This is a huge burden for poor people.
The Indians, if they give birth to a daughter, will clap their hands on behalf of the two empty-handed also. But if the birth is a son, it is very different, the family will immediately celebrate by banging a gong, indicating that the son will marry a wife in the future, can bring a loud dowry.
The way Indians celebrate the birth and safe growth of a child is to go to the temple for the Puja ceremony, sing prayers, and then have a meal with friends and family.
In India, when a child is born, the parents will get a fortune teller to name the child after a hero or a god, and the child's birth date is especially important because it can determine the child's future marriage partner.
Funeral
When Hindus die, they are cremated at the river altar. When a Hindu dies, the family wraps the body in a yellow or white silk cloth and places it on two bamboo stretchers and carries it in a *** manner to the river altar cremation site.
Traditionally, the task of carrying the dead to the crematorium was supposed to be performed by the family, but nowadays most people leave it to specialists. In India, those who specialize in funeral matters are considered untouchables of the lowest caste status.
The funeral ceremony is usually very simple, but wealthier families may have musicians playing in front of them in a vast ***. Before the cremation, the eldest son of the deceased must walk around the body three times holding an oil lamp, and when the cremation woodpile is lit, the eldest son of the deceased must shave his hair, leaving only a small handful at the back of his head, and then go to the river to bathe and purify himself. At the end of the cremation, the ashes of the deceased are swept into the river, representing that the soul has been freed from the body and liberated.
Wedding
Indian women in traditional dress Indian wedding is a representation of social status, but also the most important ceremony in life. When a young Indian reaches marriageable age, his parents look for someone of the same social class, language, region, background and whose astrological sign is compatible.
In India, the wedding ceremony is quite complicated. Before the marriage, both parents will discuss the dowry through the priests who act as matchmakers, and the woman must agree to the amount of dowry proposed by the man and the woman before the two sides choose the auspicious date and start preparing for the wedding. The day before the wedding, the bride must according to the traditional make-up, start anointing, bathing, dressing, combing the hair, drawing eyeliner, wipe the lips sand, and in the feet painted with red, in the forehead point red tikka, in the chin point black moles, and then also with plant dyes in the hands and feet painted decoration Hanna pattern, then sprinkle perfume, with jewelry and hair accessories, and finally, the teeth are stained black, betel nut chewing, lipstick, to be considered a complete success.
On the wedding day, the groom rode a white horse to the bride's home. At this time, the woman's home has set up a fire altar, both sides of the family and friends in the priest recited the auspicious words, around the fire altar to pray. After that, the bride in the female companion surrounded by walking to the front of the fire altar, by the priest will be the bride's sari and the groom's scarf tied together, on behalf of the marriage is long and lasting.
The Indian wedding dinner is held at the bride's home, where the couple sits in the wedding reception to receive the blessings of friends and family. The groom spends the night at the bride's house on the night of the wedding and takes her home the next day.
Puja
Puja is a Hindu ritual of worship to the god o. Puja must be performed by a priest. During the ceremony the devotees will decorate the idol and carry it out of the temple *** to celebrate and offer flowers, coconuts, tikka powder ...... and other offerings. The ceremony ends with the priest performing "arati" in front of the idol, holding an oil lamp.
During arati, the devotee gently covers the lamp in the priest's hand with his hand and then touches it on his eyes to represent the power given by God.
Usually at the end of the Puja ceremony, the devotees are given some ritualized flowers, tikka powder or water called "Prasada". That is why in India, whenever you see an Indian coming out of a temple to worship, there is almost always a red or white powder smeared on their foreheads.
Traditional dress
In India, the religious beliefs, race, class, region, etc. of the local people can be seen by the different costumes and dress.
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