Sindoor: Is it merely a red powder?

Have you ever come across a red color in the parting of the hair of a married woman in India? What do you think it is? Is it merely a red powder that she puts on her head for a decorative reason only? Or does it have a deeper sense or significance? We can ask so many questions like this if we don’t have the correct knowledge of the thing which has real and deeper meaning and significance. No, it’s not merely a red powder tat a...

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A March wedding can be a beautiful spring affair.  The weather is still a bit chilly but your guests will know that spring is definitely in the air. March can be the perfect time to begin your lives together with a beautiful wedding.  Take advantage of some pre-season discounts and avoid the rush of wedding season with a lovely March affair.

Invitations

Take advantage of the light pastel colors of the season and make a bright wedding...

Korovay is a wedding bread in Ukraine. Yes, Ukrainians are baking wedding bread instead of wedding cake. The korovay has a taste like egg bread (without the raisins though).

Ukrainian wedding bread being of different shape, very often it is a bread of several layers, with lots of decorations on it. Anyway, it is doesn’t matter very much of the shape and decorations, but one thing is very important, korovay is suppose to be at all Ukrainian weddings! Actually, it is not a...

Hundreds of years ago, inter-caste marriages were a big deal… to some extent, they are till date. For some people, inter-caste marriages are still a taboo. They fail to discern that marriages are beyond such superficial differences.

That is why, inter caste marriage in India are still confronted with unique challenges. For some people it becomes difficult to convince their parents and in-laws. There are many couples, find it difficult to adapt themselves to a...

There is nothing worse than a wedding that ends up as a total disaster. You've spent a lot of money, your family and friends have shared their time and experience. The perfect wedding isn't always easy to pull off. It takes a lot of work to make that special day a lot of fun.

Experts on weddings all give tips and information on how to have a perfect wedding. What they sometimes neglect is the things you should avoid completely. Here are a few tips about things not to do to make...

After sixteen years as the Senior Fashion Director at Vogue Magazine, Vera Wang became a design director at Ralph Lauren. She became frustrated in finding that there was no fashion when it came to the bridal industry. She could only find traditional wedding dresses that lacked sophistication. She decided to do what any other reasonable woman who had a Rolodex full of names of well-known fashion insiders would dream of doing; she decided to design her own bridal line.

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So, the man you thought was your best friend has really stitched you up. There you were, out for a quiet drink, taking it easy, relaxing, and then he pops the question. He wants you to be his best man! What can you do? You can hardly say no, but you know that there's a lot more to the job than just getting a few guys drunk and into a few strip joints. Let's run through a few things you can do when organising the Bachelor Party/Stag Night/Bucks Party, to make sure it's a great night...

When you are planning your wedding, something important that is often overlooked is the idea of wedding favors. Wedding favors are the small, usually inexpensive gifts that you place next to your guests' plates. They are often small trinkets or tokens that you give to your guests to show your appreciation for them attending your special day. With the right wedding favors, each of your guests can leave your wedding thinking wonderfully about you and truly enjoying the memories of...

If there is one country left which has shunned the euro and still accepts the British Pound (besides Great Britain, of course!), then it's Gibraltar. Situated just beyond the border of the southernmost tip of Spain, just a short drive to the Costa del Sol and a catamaran crossing away from mystical Morocco, tourists in Gibraltar are perfectly poised to visit three countries in one day. Less than a three-hour flight from the UK with departures from all major airports including Luton,...

Wedding bells are ringing...

You are looking forward to organising a fantastic wedding, buying your wedding dress, your wedding cake, getting your wedding photographer, getting your wedding hair done perfectly, and looking gorgeous on your wedding day.

You need to make sure that when planning and organising your wedding, you take into account of your budget. Budgeting for your wedding means defining a list of wedding items and deciding on how much you will spend on each of...