Mariam

=MARIAM'S PAGE = =BOLLYWOOD DANCING & WEDDINGS =

media type="youtube" key="tuDTcIrFZ4g" height="279" width="479" This is a picture of a group of ladies dancing.

 This is a picture of what a wedding cermony would look like.  This will be something a bride would wear to their wedding.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT WEDDING TRADITIONS? WHY IS DANCING SO IMPORTANT IN THE INDIAN CULTURE? WHAT IS BOLLYWOOD?    ﻿Their are many different wedding traditions depending on your language, religion, and where you live, and what caste you are in. There are usually three different cermonies in india for the weddings. The three ceremonies are the pre-wedding, the actual wedding day, and lastly the post-wedding day. During the pre -wedding cermony the bride and the groom takes a ritual bath and oil and water is put on them. This is wedding tradition is called the haldi. Also during the pre-wedding ceremony they apply henna on the brides feet and hands adn sometimes on neck. After the bride gets married when she goes to the groom's house she can not do any house work if she has the henna still on. The wedding ceremony can last up to 3 hours. During the wedding cermony many rituals are preformed. Weddings are usually at the bride's home or at a hall. The grooms entrance is the most important thing of the wedding, its very extravagant. The groom's entrance usually contains music, fireworks, dance, and orchestra. Lastly during the post-wedding ceremony the bride leaves to go to the groom's house and enter in with their right foot. They also recite a prayer when they get to the house, and sometimes the bride and groom's family will have a reception.

On google I did the advanced search to find the answer to my question. In order for me to do this i typed in indian wedding traditons and search for all .edu. When i typed this in a pdf file popped up. This file had been posted by Rice university. The name of the page was Indian Weddding Traditons and it was by Sravani Gullapalli and Aparna Raju Sagi.

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Dance and culture: [] [] - try searching Britannica for other Indian dances too

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i like your profile picture signed by :Octavia

2/15/2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 by Ms. Spira Hey Mariam! That is a cool picture of dancing - what is it from? You have three intertwined topics: Bollywood, dancing, and weddings. Bollywood is the nickname of the Indian film industry, and they put out a LOT of musicals with dancing. Maybe you could do some research on famous Bollywood films (try looking up "Bride and Prejudice" or "Mother India," the Gone With The Wind of India) and put up videos of some of the dancing. I wonder who does the choreography for those movies? Or where they get the costumes from

thanks Mariam:) signed by Octavia

2/16/11 by Chantay

I think you need more pictures and more word like maybe a paragraph that answers one question then put the link to where you got the information.

February 17, 2011 By Annarika Bosquet

This is very nice Mariam. What does the groom look like at the wedding and what does a ceremonial wedding look like?

Feb.17.2011 by Shaiane Murphy This is a very nice page. Why did you decide to chose your topic? Also I like your pictures. Lastly, if you get stuck on marriages I have information on my page. (My topic is Indian Weddings!) Best of luck-shai

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