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A close look at the decorated 'havan' as a pre-wedding rituals of a Kumaoni wedding in Uttarakhand, India. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Family members of a Kumaoni groom looking at the wedding rituals happening outside their house... Close up of traditionally crafted windows of a Kumaoni house....

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Kumaoni ladies in their traditional attire wearing 'rangwali pichaura'... 'Rangwali pichaura' is worn by the groom's mother and his female relatives. It is also considered as a good omen for all the rituals.

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Choliya folk dance performed during the Nanda Devi Mahotsav at Nainital - Uttarakhand. Choliya is a dance form practiced in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand.

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Relatives applying 'haldi' to Kumaoni groom as a ritual of Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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All the relatives and guests of Kumauni groom posing for photograph after the 'haldi ceremony'... Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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All the relatives and guests of Kumauni groom posing for photograph after the 'haldi ceremony'... Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Kumaoni women singing and dancing on the folk songs during a wedding in Uttarakhand. Women dancing in their traditional attire as they wear 'rangwali pichaura' before they start to dance.

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Relatives applying 'haldi' to Kumaoni groom as a ritual of Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Mehendi (Henna) artist applying mehendi to groom's palm. Relatives singing traditional songs on the occasion of Mehendi ceremony. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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Kumaoni women gathered for the mehendi ceremony of a groom and dancing to the devotional songs as a ritual of Kumaoni wedding in Uttarakhand.

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Uttarakhandi woman attending a wedding in Kumaon gets possessed by the Devi and becomes a medium, while she's in a trance. Rare footage from a real situation. May 2014.

ceremony · dance

Kumaoni women gathered for the mehendi ceremony of a groom and dancing to the devotional songs as a ritual of Kumaoni wedding in Uttarakhand.