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A wedding, for many, brings thoughts of love, family gatherings, tradition and beautiful attire. It is just the same for the people of Manipur.

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Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

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Groom leaving for his bride's house riding on a horse, elderly women folk takes the name of Gods and Goddesses before the procession starts... Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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An age-old rural tradition of parts of India, such as Rajasthan, that just doesn't seem to die out, despite a national ban on child marriage! The groom and bridge are going around the fire together.

ceremony · politics

Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

ceremony · festival

Elderly folks from the groom and bride blessing the couple at Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

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MANGANI CHAKKOUBA: This is the last ritual in a Meetai/Meetei/Meitei wedding which takes place after five days of the wedding.

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Emotions of various kinds always have a special place at a wedding and a Bengali wedding is no exception to that. The bride's mother is in tears at the thought of letting go of her daughter.

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Choliya dancers performing at a Kumaoni baraat procession in Uttarakahnd, India. Choliya is a dance form practised in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand.

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Brides wear identical looking clothing, as supplied by the organizing committee of the mass child marriage in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, during Akshaya tritiya, May 2010.

ceremony · village

Child Marriage in Rajasthan. The illegal practice of child marriage is rampant in Rajasthan.

ceremony · politics

An age-old rural tradition of parts of India, such as Rajasthan, that just doesn't seem to die out, despite a national ban on child marriage! The groom and bridge are going around the fire together.

desert · ceremony

Newly married couple comes in a rickshaw during the Rann Utsav carnival in Gujarat. Participants try to show the importance of marriage registration under the Indian law.

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The practice of child marriage in rural India is deeply rooted in cultural values and grounded in social structures. And despite laws that prohibit child marriage, the practice is still extremely prevalent in many regions.

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Child Marriage in Rajasthan. The illegal practice of child marriage is rampant in Rajasthan.

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The practice of child marriage in rural India is deeply rooted in cultural values and grounded in social structures. And despite laws that prohibit child marriage, the practice is still extremely prevalent in many regions.

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Rajasthani child marriage: the making of the swastika and leading the bride away from the family. This is the Hindu swastik and not the Nazi one!

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The practice of child marriage in rural India is deeply rooted in cultural values and grounded in social structures. And despite laws that prohibit child marriage, the practice is still extremely prevalent in many regions.

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In the afternoon of the wedding day, after the bridegroom is fully dressed up, he will be seated on a new Kouna phak (chatai) covered with a white cloth on the right side of the corridor of the house facing eastward.

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Child Marriage in Rajasthan. The illegal practice of child marriage is rampant in Rajasthan.

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Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate. There are a number of rituals and ceremonies that take place during the wedding.

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According to the traditions of Manipui matchmaking, in the olden days, for the men and women belonging to the Manipuri community, fields provide a perfect opportunity to select their life partners.