The Holud ceremony is a fun evening of tradition, dancing and eating. The groom's family go in procession to the bride's home. They carry with them the bride's wedding outfit, wedding decoration including turmeric paste and henna, sweetmeats and gifts. They also take a large fish cooked and decorated. The procession traditionally centers on the (younger) female relative and friends of bride, and they are traditionally all in matching clothes, mostly orange in colour.
The bride is seated on a dais, and the henna is used to decorate the bride's hands and feet with elaborate abstract designs. The turmeric paste is applied by the groom's and bride's friends to their bodies. The significance of the Turmeric is that it is an antiseptic, therefore cleansing the body before the actual marriage.
The sweets are then fed to the bride and groom by all involved, piece by piece. There is, of course, a feast for the guests. We ate amazing rice, lentils, vegetable curry, fried chicken and beef curry! With paratha. Yum.
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