Sacred moments of an Indian marriage - III/VI

Posted by Shuva Brata Deb (Hyderabad, India) on 22 August 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture.

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Comments (8)

Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran

Beautiful cultural series, Shuva! I always like to know about other countries' cultures specially the marriages which is the best moments in everyone's life!
Amazing shot! I wish you posted this excellent series in full colors! Indian clothes and celebrations are full of brilliant vivid colors.

22 Aug 2007 3:17am

@Soodabeh: Even I like the vibrant colors, but I decided to stick to B/W for no good reasons actually.

Sriram from Chennai, India

Wow... nice moment... so convincing in BW and fittingly framed.
And spot on work, Shuva... and all your recent works are very good!

22 Aug 2007 3:55am

Evi from Athens, Greece

Beautiful capture.

22 Aug 2007 6:05am

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

The best shutter speed could be possible for this shot!Wonderful work!

22 Aug 2007 6:53am

Hitesh Sawlani from Madrid, Spain

I've never seen this in an indian wedding :)

What part of the country does this custom attach to?

22 Aug 2007 7:17am

@Hitesh Sawlani: This is Andhra Pradesh and the stuff being poured is rice mixed with turmeric. I also dont know the significance of this. I asked the groom today, but he too does not know. :-)

Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States

Perfect timing...

22 Aug 2007 8:43am

Shubha from India

Excellent! I liked this one the most in the series.

23 Aug 2007 12:15pm

Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany

Wonderful series Shuva! But so far this is my favorite, love the rice flow...

In formal times, we (catholics/Portugal) also used to throw (nicely) rice at the bride & groom, outside the church. Now in many countries, churches do no longer allow this (for ex. Germany), due to the mess outside; further, due to hunger in some parts of the world, many brides & grooms decide against this costum as it is such a big waste (imagine how many kilos rice were thrown by so many relatives).

I believe, rice is a messenger for prosperity and to be blessed with many children... which makes me think now, I have none of it...

25 Aug 2007 3:01am