Weddings across the world might be different in terms of traditions but are similar in essence. The anxieties of the bride, the nervousness of the groom, the excitement of everyone involved, and the sea of emotions that everyone goes through, is the same. Most importantly weddings tug at the heartstrings and make many people teary-eyed.

The custom of Bidaai in Indian weddings, be it in any religion or community, is emotionally exhausting, as the daughter bids a heavy farewell to her existing family, and walks off to accept the groom’s family as her own. 

A Christian wedding’s “father and daughter dance” is perhaps one of the most beautiful, and most emotional moment. For just one song, all fathers and daughters come together and dance affectionately.

Be it the wedding vows in Church, the saat pheras in front of the sacred fire, the Qubool Hai in Muslims, or for that matter the final words that bind a man to a woman, all these are emotionally charging, when you finally are joined for life, with your life partner.

Everything in an Indian wedding is emotionally loaded, especially on the bride’s side, right from the start to end. The mother’s anxiety, the father’s sense of loss, the sibling’s sudden loneliness, and the bride’s nervousness. From being her mother’s darling and daddy’s little girl, she becomes a responsible woman and someone’s wife dealing with a bunch of expectations.

A Christian wedding’s ritual of giving away the bride is always poignant. The father or someone important to the bride, walks the bride towards the man who is to be with her for the rest of her life.

Sikh weddings, known as Anand Karaj, usually take place in the Gurudwara, and have their fair share of emotional moments, right from the red and white chooda that the bride’s maternal uncle brings along, to the bidaai, which requires her to throw rice back, wishing for the happiness and prosperity of her parents, without her.

The Rukhsati in a Muslim wedding is equivalent to the bidaai in other religions, and though the weddings are shorter than their other cultural counterparts, this is the moment when all bottled up emotions come undone.

Well, weddings are a rich affair as far as feelings are concerned. If there is anything you’d like to share something about weddings we’d be happy to hear them.