Looking at her 16 x 20 inches , acrylics on canvas ( private collection) I am attending a wedding in one of the small towns of India . The whole affair is very traditional and not the big tamaasha ( spectacle), Bollywood style , which seems to have become quite a norm thses days .
The ceremonies are attended by family and close friends and they start a few days before . From the bride’s side –every evening we gather together to sing Bunni ( bridal) songs which are folk songs teasing the bride ( bunni) and and are peppered with motherly advice . They are accompanied by lots of clapping and dancing by the family . There is the official Sangeet , the day Mehendi ( Henna ) is put on the palms and feet of the bride , her friends clap, dance and sing . All these are accompanied by plenty of feasting .
The young ladies of the house are dressed in their finery with jewels and zardosi embellished skirts and veils on the day of the wedding ---but they pale in front of the Bride –who is dazzling , yet demure in her attire of red and gold .
The look on the faces of girls when the bride steps out of her room is something that stays with me . The eyes big , the look of excitement . Their mood is infectious and I try to capture it on canvas …
The ceremonies are attended by family and close friends and they start a few days before . From the bride’s side –every evening we gather together to sing Bunni ( bridal) songs which are folk songs teasing the bride ( bunni) and and are peppered with motherly advice . They are accompanied by lots of clapping and dancing by the family . There is the official Sangeet , the day Mehendi ( Henna ) is put on the palms and feet of the bride , her friends clap, dance and sing . All these are accompanied by plenty of feasting .
The young ladies of the house are dressed in their finery with jewels and zardosi embellished skirts and veils on the day of the wedding ---but they pale in front of the Bride –who is dazzling , yet demure in her attire of red and gold .
The look on the faces of girls when the bride steps out of her room is something that stays with me . The eyes big , the look of excitement . Their mood is infectious and I try to capture it on canvas …
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