What I wore to my cousin’s Indian wedding
1. Pujas
All Indian weddings start and follow numerous pujas. These are long prayers with integrated customs and holy mantras meant to bless the couple getting married and everyone involved in the wedding. For the starting pujas, I decided to wear a brown and white ghagra (skirt and top). I accessorised it with a sparkly choker and big traditional earrings.
3. Vidhi
Vidhi are pre-wedding customs. They include many different ceremonies. One of these includes where the relatives from the bride and groom’s side give each other gifts of respect to help build a bond between them – after all they are going to walk away as relatives soon! My family wanted to make this a South Indian-style event. This is why I decided to wear a silver and purple half sari – a South Indian-styled outfit. I wore this with some heavy traditional gold necklaces, earrings and bangles.
5. Wedding
Last but not least, for the wedding, I decided to wear a chiffon saree with pear details. It had a beautiful pastel pink colour and the modern blouse design made sure that the outfit looked trendy and in style! With minimal jewellery, the outfit looked incredible.
Indian weddings are known to be grandiose worldwide. And I can certainly say that that is very much the case! Right from the houses of the people who are getting married to the car that transports the newlyweds, everything and everyone is covered in lights, sparkles and flower garlands. It genuinely is very fancy!
I decided to go back home this winter break because my cousin was getting married! This meant two very important things to me:
1. Tasting yummy food for half the month
2. Wearing cute clothes for half the month
Here are some of the outfits I wore to her wedding:
2. Mehendi
Mehendi night is when all the family members and guests are invited to decorate their hands with intricate and ethnic designs using mehendi. Mehendi is an organic paste which can stain your skin for up to 15 days. For this event, I wore a sparkly blue sequin short kurta with sharara (Long skirt and a top).
4. Sangeet
Sangeet nights are my favourite nights of an Indian wedding. It essentially just is a big dance competition between the bride and groom’s side. Many relatives participate in multiple dances and in the end, the side who dances better is crowned as the better side in the wedding compared to the other! It was safe to say that my family won fair and square! Here, I wore a pastel green lehenga with a sequin top. This outfit has to be my personal favourite.
