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For any bride, her bridal attire is an important part of the wedding. A Manipuri Hindu bride wears a dress called potloi, which is usually red and consists of layers of heavily starched cotton cloth, embellished with mirrors, beads and sequins made of brass. With this, the bride wears an intricately embroidered blouse of dark green suede. The outfit is completed with a golden head dress called jhapa which is decorated with motifs of small butterflies. It is said that the jhapa was introduced by Rajkumari Bor Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi Devi. Both the bride and groom wear white clay tilaks, locally known as chandan. Vaishnavites - or followers of Lord Vishnu - use a patterned tilak, which is drawn from the forehead to the tip of the nose. A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gath
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