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[[File:Ring ceremony, Indian Hindu wedding.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bride in [[Lehenga]] and Groom in [[Sherwani]] the usual clothes of North Indian [[Hindu wedding]]s]]<br />
'''Indian wedding clothes''' refer to the traditional attire worn by a wedding couple and wedding guests.<br />
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==Clothing culture==<br />
The bride is usually dressed up in auspicious colors. Many of the guests attending the wedding wear gold jewelry including the bride and sometimes the groom. The women are additionally adorned with [[henna]] patterns on their palms, hands, forearms, legs, and feet. <br />
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Indian weddings generally tend to continue for several days and new attire is worn each day. All these dresses and the colour symbolize the meaning of marriage and the period that follows it.<br />
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==Hindu weddings==<br />
Indian [[Hindu wedding]]s continue for several days. India is a country that defines diversity, and this is visible even in the wedding and its different styles. The ceremonies, the rituals, and the formalities are all different in each region and culture.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boroian |first=Michael |url=https://archive.org/details/indiabydesignpur0000boro/page/88/mode/2up?q=%22Indian+wedding%22 |title=India by design: The pursuit of luxury & fashion |date=2010 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=9780470823965 |pages=88–89}}</ref> In the North, starting with the [[tilak]] ceremony, each function has significance in the marriage. Tilak, [[Sangeet (music)|sangeet]], [[Turmeric|haldi]], [[baraat]] & the [[South Asian wedding#Shaadi|shaadi]]; all necessitate the bride and the bridegroom to wear new attire on each occasion. All these above ceremonies are known by different names in the other parts, for eg, ''simant puja'' in the west, or ''mangalasnanam'' in the south and so on.<br />
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===Bridegroom's clothes===<br />
[[File:Indian Wedding Accessories.jpg|thumb|Indian wedding accessories]]<br />
Many communities of southern, western & eastern India adhere to their ethnics wears such as [[dhoti]], [[mundu]] & [[veshti]]. In South India, a shirt may be worn with dhoti or sometimes just an [[angavastra]] may be used to cover the chest, some grooms go topless or shirtless.<br />
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On the other hand, in the northern parts, the bridegroom usually wears a [[sherwani]] or a [[jodhpuri]]. The groom's face is veiled with a curtain of flowers which is called [[Sehra (headdress)|sehra]] in the north, which is not the custom elsewhere. It is also customary to wear a [[Taqiyah_(cap)|taqiyah]] all through the ceremony in Muslim marriages.<br />
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===Bride's clothes===<br />
{{main article|Wedding sari}}<br />
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The bride wears a [[wedding sari]] or [[lehenga]]-[[kurti top|kurti]] & odhni depending on the [[demography of India|region]]. In Indian culture, the wedding dress of the bride comes from the groom's side as a shagun. Red is considered to be the most auspicious colour for a Hindu bride. While the sari is preferred as the bridal dress in [[South India]], ethnic wear such as the [[mekhela sador]] is preferred in North-east India & brides of the North India prefer lehenga.<br />
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==Christian weddings==<br />
[[Christian marriage]] in India is mostly an adaptation of [[white wedding]]s. The bridegroom usually wears a black suit or [[tuxedo]]. The bride usually wears a white gown or white dress. Among the [[South Canarese Christian]]s: Some brides wear the gown to church ceremonies, then change into the sari, after the wedding dances in their [[wedding reception]]s. In the erstwhile [[South Canara]] area, Christian grooms would wear the [[dhoti]] to their weddings, but dhotis' usages have been stopped since the 1960s, likely because of the [[westernisation]] or [[anglo-americanisation]] of male attire in South Asia.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Choli]]<br />
* [[Churidar]]<br />
* [[Dress code]]<br />
* [[Dupatta]]<br />
* [[Ghagra]]<br />
* [[Ghoonghat]]<br />
* [[Indian dress]]<br />
* [[Indo-Western clothing]]<br />
* [[Khara Dupatta]]<br />
* [[Lehenga Style Saree]]<br />
* [[Sarong]]<br />
* [[Sherwani]]<br />
* [[Wedding sari]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.amchoor.com/blogs/blog/festival-ready-co-ord-sets-for-celebrations Blog about coordinating sets]<br />
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