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Groom's mother dancing as the 'baraat' depart from their house and she is lately joined by her husband... All the female relatives of groom wearing 'rangwali pichora' as it is considered as a good omen for all the rituals during a wedding in Kumaon, Uttarakhnad. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions. In the villages and in interiors traditionally, a white flag called 'Nishan' leads the marriage procession representing the bridegroom, followed by drummers, pipers and a white palanquin carrying the groom. The last man of the procession carries another flag, of red colour, representing the bride. When the marriage party returns from the girl's home after completing all ceremonies, the red flag takes the lead followed by a red palanquin of