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Topic: Indian Beauty

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India weddings!!!!!!!!!! AND more.....

Outline- TOPIC Indian beauty

THESIS- The Indian wedding has to do with traditions, clothes, Mehndi, and all the jewelry worn.

1. Intro “introduce these topics a little 2. Traditions 3. Clothes and mendi’s
 * 1) traditions
 * 2) THESIS
 * 1) Modern
 * 2) traditional
 * 3) picking of the person on both sides
 * 1) bride’s dress
 * 2) bride’s Mendi

4. jewelry worn during wedding 5. Outro A. restate thesis b. close all topics
 * 1) jewelry intro on bride
 * 2) details of jewelry

PAPER- In India beauty is a whole different meaning then anywhere else. Beauty does not mean the skinny girl of the prefect girl. It’s actually is an insult to be called skinny. In India beauty is having a bigger figure and fair skin. Weddings in India are a huge deal there is no divorce once your married your married. Un like Indian boys girls after childhood doesn’t have formal initiation. The have a feast “ However, the first period is celebrating with feasting and there is talk in the air of an impending marriage” (Srinivasan, 53). The Indian wedding consists of many different planning and preparing. The Indian wedding has to do with traditions, clothes, Mehndi, and all the jewelry worn. Indian weddings there are some complex, which are more traditional then modern. A modern India wedding is very basic if two religions go together the must meet and ask other parents questions. The women’s parents usually question the men’s parent about back round and education. The even ask them if same religion and do not know very well. “Orthodox Hindus believe that an unmarried women or men has no social status. A Hindu marriage is a life-long partnership, a sacred and unalterable union” (Srinivasan, 54). This is saying in the Hindu religion there is no such thing as divorce or not getting married. In the traditional ceremony it is very decorated with many colors working with the colors of the brides dress. The brides parents pay for the wedding. The ritual has not been changed for over 2,000 years. Which consist of walking around the fire after saying chants. The most important marriage chant goes “ Take seven steps with me, my friend. Be my mate and blend with me” (Srinivasan, 55). The marriage is complete when the groom ties a sacred thread called mangala sutra on the bride’s neck. There are different ways of picking the person you are going to marry in India. One way is by either going to college or working with someone so long that you know him or her and want to marry. The parents my also fix alliances by using horoscopes, castes and family backgrounds. Also in modern weddings the women could put an ad in paper and wait for guys parents to write back then if both want to go on the meet and ask questions. This is a more out of date tradition but is still used frequently. Indian dresses have changed style and designs throughout the years. The “Traditional Indian wedding dresses are usually red, as white is considered an to be a color of grief in many regions” ( Traditional Indian dresses ). Red in India is one of the beautiful colors and especially in wedding dresses. A sari is often worn on the bride in weddings. A sari is a length of cloth wrapped around the brides’ body. The sari is tucked in at the wrist and extra hangs over the shoulder. “Indian weddings outfits are a masterful combination of patterns, sequences, beadwork, sequins and threading. (Traditional Indian dresses ). Indian bride’s also to make sure they are glowing use silver or gold wire to reflect light off themselves. Indians bride’s in some religions the night before their wedding get a mehndi and mehndi is almost like a tattoo. It is a design on both hands and feet that represents they are married. Some of the mehndi’s have a secret code or religious belief in them. A mehndi can take anywhere from 3-8 hours depending on how complex it is. During that time is the mehndi party. The mehndi party unusually has people working on the mehndi its self for the whole time.