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Gaye holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ gaee holud lit. "yellow/turmeric on the body") is a ceremony observed mostly in the region of Bengal (comprising Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal). It is part of an elaborate series of celebrations constituting the Bengali wedding. It originates from the Hindu wedding religious ceremony where Lord Shiva and his bride Sati were applied with Haldi to cool the couple and make them look even more beautiful. Later adopted in the Indian subcontinent as a wedding ritual and celebration by different communities, it continued in different religions down generations. The gaye holud takes place one or two days prior to the religious and legal Bengali wedding ceremonies. The gaye holud may be a joint event for the bride and groom's families, or it may consist of separate events for the bride's family and the groom's family.
Relatives decorating the groom with traditional wedding turmeric in a Bangladeshi Gaye Holud ceremony in Dhaka.
Bride's friends apply turmeric paste to her face and body, as a part of the Gaye Holud ceremony.
Separate events are held for the bride's gaye holud, the groom's family - minus the groom himself - go in procession to the bride's home. They carry with them the bride's wedding outfit and jewelry, wedding decorations such as the turmeric paste (Bengali: হলুদ holud) and henna (Bengali: মেহেদি or মেন্দি mehedi/mendi), cosmetics, sweets and other gifts. They may also bring fresh fish dressed as a wedding couple, or desserts molded to resemble fish. The procession traditionally centers on the bride's (younger) female relatives and friends, who traditionally dress in matching clothes. The bride, her attendees, and all the guests traditionally wear red, yellow, orange, or green clothing. Nowadays, other colours may be permitted for gaye holud guests. The guests then enjoy a feast, including music, dance and some performances, arranged by the bride's family.
A bride is in the stage of Turmeric ceremony (Gaye Holud Program), Dhaka, Bangladesh
The groom's family members often bring fish decorated as a wedding couple to the bride's gaye holud.
The bride is seated on a dais, and the henna is used to decorate her hands and feet with elaborate abstract designs. The turmeric paste is applied by the guests to her face and body. Turmeric is known to cleanse, soften and brighten the skin, giving the bride's skin the distinctive yellow hue that gives its name to this ceremony. The sweets are then fed to the bride by all the guests and attendants, piece by piece.
A bride for Turmeric ceremony (Gaye Holud Program), Dhaka, Bangladesh
The groom's gaye holud comes next, and has the same form as the bride's holud ceremony. In this ceremony, the bride does not participate. The groom is accompanied by his younger male relatives and friends, and as with the bride's ceremony, the guests traditionally wear red, yellow, green, or orange clothing. The bride's family brings the gifts for the groom (usually the wedding outfit and some grooming items, along with the turmeric and other gifts) to his house. The guests exchange sweets with and apply turmeric paste to the groom, and a feast (with food, music, dance, and various cultural performances) is arranged for the guests from the groom's family. Unlike the bride, the groom does not get henna applied to his body; henna is only applied to the bride and perhaps also some of her younger female attendants.
Although similar ceremonies exist in other parts of the Indian subcontinent, the gaye holud is a custom particular to the Bengali people. It is not considered a religious function, as it is celebrated by Muslims, Hindus, and Christians in both Bangladesh and Indian West Bengal. Although it is considered a part of the Bengali wedding tradition, the couple is not considered married at the end of the gaye holud. There is no legal marriage performed during this ceremony. Unlike the wedding ceremonies, the gaye holud is not a formal or extravagant event; both guests and bridal party members dress more simply and decorate the venue less intricately than at the wedding ceremonies.
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Turmeric ceremony
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The turmeric ceremonies or gaye holud (Bengali: গায়ে হলুদ gaee holud, lit. "yellowing the body") take place before the wedding ceremony. There is one turmeric ceremony for the bride and one for the groom. For the bride's gaye holud, the groom's family - except the groom himself - go in procession to the bride's home. They carry with them the bride's wedding outfit, wedding decoration including turmeric paste and henna, sweetmeats and gifts. They also take two large fish decorated as a groom and bride. There are local variations on this tradition, such as the number of fish, the party responsible for cooking the fish and time the fish is taken to the groom's family.
The procession traditionally centers on the (younger) female relative and friends of bride, and they are traditionally all in matching clothes, mostly orange in colour. The bride is seated on a dais, and the henna is used to decorate the bride's hands and feet with elaborate abstract designs. The turmeric paste is applied by the bride's friends to her body. This is said to soften the skin, but also colours her with the distinctive yellow hue that gives its name to this ceremony. The sweets are then fed to the bride by all involved, piece by piece. There is, of course, a feast for the guests. The groom's gaye holud comes next, and has the same form as the bridal ceremony.
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Wedding ceremony
A bride dressed in red sari
The wedding ceremony (Bengali: বিবাহ or বিয়ে bibaho/bie) follows the gaye holud ceremonies. As the wedding ceremony is arranged by the bride's family, much of the traditions revolve around embarrassing the groom. The groom, along with his friends and family, traditionally arrive later than the bride's side. As they arrive, the younger members of the bride's family barricade the entrance to the venue, demanding money from the groom in return for allowing him to enter. There is a bargaining between groom and the bride's family members on the amount of money of the admission. There is typically much good-natured pushing and shoving involved. Another custom is for the bride's younger siblings, friends, and cousins to conceal the groom's shoes for money; to get them back the groom must usually pay off the children. Siblings, friends and cousins also play many practical jokes on the groom.
For a Hindu wedding, a priest asks the couple to chant mantras from the holy texts that formalises the following:
Kanya sampradaan (Bengali: কন্যাসম্প্রদান konnasomprodan lit. "giving the bride"): the ceremonial giving away of the bride by the father of the bride
Saat Paake Ghora Bengali: সাত পাকে ঘোরা (The couple walks round the ceremonial fire seven times. See Saptapadi, Bengali: সপ্তপদী .)''
For a Muslim wedding, the bride and groom are seated separately, and a kazi (person authorized by the government to perform the wedding), accompanied by the parents and a witness (Bengali: ওয়াকিল wakil) from each side formally asks the bride for her consent to the union, and then the groom for his.
At this time, for Muslim weddings, the amount of the dowry or mahr is verified, and if all is well, the formal papers are signed, and the couple are seated side by side on a dais. The bride's veil (Bengali: ওরনা or ঘোমটা orna/ghomṭa) is draped over both the bride and groom, and a mirror is placed in front of them. The groom is then supposed to say something romantic on what he sees in the mirror—notionally the first time he has laid eyes on his bride. A traditional answer is to say that he has seen the moon. The bride and groom then feed each other sweets, while the bride's family members try to push the groom's face into the food. All the guests then celebrate the union with a feast.
In Hindu marriages on the day of the marriage (after wedding ceremony is over), close friends and relatives remain awake for the entire night. This is called the Basor Raat. Generally the day on which wedding is held Basor Raat starts after midnight if the wedding ceremony is over by evening. Most Hindu Bengali marriages happen in the evening. The next day, preferably before noon, the couple make their way from the venue to the groom's home, where a bridal room has been prepared.
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a wedding purification ritual in which turmeric is smeared. gotta love a cleansing ritual that works by being messed up.
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dance during gaye holud ceremony, they were all relatives & friends of the bride
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Bengali: the ritual is called 'গায়ে হলুদ' in bengali
Hindi: Haldi
Turmeric paste has been used for both bride and groom in hindu weddings. It signifies the ritual purification of the new couple and serves as a blessing of fortune and prosperity.
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Marriage is a very important institution in a woman's life, especially in a family centric culture like Bangladesh.
There are many ornate and intricate ceremonies that a Bangladeshi bride experiences prior to her wedding. One is the evening of the 'holud', where turmeric is liberally applied to the skin of the bride and left on for several hours to ensure that her skin glows with radiance and shine on the wedding day.
As the wedding day itself can be a solemn affair as the bride prepares to permanently leave her maternal home to join her husbands family, the 'holud' is traditionally light heated and full of cultural activities such as song and dance.
Its certainly the last occasion a single woman can relax as she prepares for the new responsibilities that marriage will bring her. For better or for worse, her life will never ever be quite the same again.
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Oriole: Oriole is known as "Holud Pakhi" in our country for its yellow color wing. It is one of the beautiful birds of this country. They are small to medium in size and black to yellow in color but most of them yellow in color. Orioles are about 20 to 30 cm in size. They make their nest in forest and trees and they like to live in forest. Insect is the main food of this bird but they also like to eat seed, fruits etc. the bird make nice sound and the people like this bird for this sound and out-looking of the bird.
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The Haldi ceremony is a ritual holy bath, (variously known as pithi ceremony, gaaye holud, gatro horidra, tel Baan, pellikuturu, mangala snaman )which is one of the pre-wedding ceremonies in Hindu weddings of India. Ground and pasted Turmeric (Haldi), oil is applied and water is poured on both the bride and groom by married women on the morning of the wedding. Turmeric is known for its medicinal properties as well as being antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, and application of this ingredient before marriage would ensure that the bride and groom are blessed with blemish-free glowing skin. At times sandalwood and curd are also mixed with the paste. Yellow is considered a color associated with happiness and harmony, a ritual flower-shower with yellow flowers ( preferably marigold) is followed by the application of the Haldi paste and a haldi-Holi ( throwing of yellow colors) is played. Often the decor of the Haldi ceremony is done in bright summer colors with preferably yellow and white flowers, and the relatives are encouraged to wear yellow, orange, and white-colored clothes. The bride traditionally wears something in yellow and often wears flower jewelry. Women in the house, also sing local folk songs associated with the ritual while applying turmeric paste on the bride/groom. Elders bless the bride/groom. The family feeds sweets to each other after the ritual is over.
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