2006-08-15 16:21:35 · 6 answers · asked by Ana M 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
East Indian "dots" have very special significance, but most importantly on their wedding night.
The wedding day feast lasts for hours with gifts galore from everyone on both sides of the family. Men may end up with a dozen new suits alone.
Finally the bride and groom get to go away together - alone.
The groom draws a relaxing bath for his bride, and the bathes alone for an hour or more.
Meanwhile, the groom readies their marriage bedroom, and sets the mood with fresh flowers and music and candles and a tray of her favorite fruits and cheeses.
The groom the dons a silk robe made especially for this night.
The bride, upon completing of her bath, dons a similar robe, and enters the bedroom carrying a single unlit candle.
The groom lights her candle, and she places it upon a nightstick makde of alabaster.
Before they consumate their marriage, there is one last step.
The groom must carefully scrape the dot from his bride's forehead.
At that precise moment, he learns whether he has won a convenience store or a motel.
2006-08-15 16:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they placed the pink dot on even as the are complete doing puja. puja is indian prayers and the dot is termed a tika. the girls human beings placed on it on the haed each now and then to instruct that they are married. it truly is termed sindoor. tika is on the forehead and sindoor is on the suitable. sindoor is for ladies human beings in uncomplicated words.
2016-11-25 20:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by parvin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None what soever. It's a spiritual thing. There are different colours for special occasions/events.
Westerners wear a cross or pendant around their neck.
2006-08-15 16:33:07 · answer #3 · answered by lissenin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dot is a symbol of marriage. It called a bindi ok
2006-08-15 16:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe the one worn by indian women denotes marital status...
2006-08-15 16:26:47 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Special K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one of them is a button
2006-08-15 16:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by ok o 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋