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This is not a shaadi video, but more a documentary examination of the pomp, madness and energy of a modern Hindu wedding in Delhi city! A wedding ceremony marks the cementing of two lives into a new oneness and at the same time, it connects two families and brings the whole horde of relatives together in celebration. A typical traditional Hindu wedding is usually an extended, noisy, and happy gathering of family and friends over plenty of food and delicacies. Hindu weddings comprise of a series of rituals that have evolved since ancient times and differ significantly from a western wedding ceremony. The pre-wedding ceremony includes the engagement, the mehndi or henna ceremony, the Sangeet or musical night, Haldi or the application of turmeric and the 'Baraat' - the arrival of the groom's
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