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Article #112: India Matrimonials

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Your wedding invitation is often the family and friends. The task can be
first that guests hear about your delegated to other members of the family
wedding. It is also used by guests to like an elder brother and his wife or
glean the style and tone of your wedding. grandparents even. However, the
Naturally, if you are planning a theme invitation must be issued personally.
wedding, then the wedding invitations are For distant relatives and acquaintances
used to set up the theme. A destination it is acceptable to courier the
wedding is also reflected in the invitations.
invitation. The overall formality or Invitations to friends can be distributed
casual nature of the wedding is also made by the bride or groom themselves. These
apparent in your wedding invitations. invitations need to be given personally
In the South Asian cultures, wedding or sent by mail depending on the
invitations play a greater role than just relationship between friends.
indicating what type of wedding the Guests invited for ceremonies other than
guests can expect. The manner in which the wedding reception, like the Sangeet
the wedding invite is presented may party or the Mehendi , must be invited to
actually determine whether the guests the wedding also. It is a serious faux
accept the invitation or not! Here are pas to invite a guest for a smaller event
some quick rules of thumb to keep in mind and not the wedding itself although the
when distributing your wedding vice versa is acceptable. Also, any
invitations. guests who have participated in the
The first wedding invitation is always planning of the wedding must be invited.
sent to the parents of your spouse-to-be. Guests who have attended the bridal
In Hindu marriages it is customary to shower or groom's stag party also are to
hold a Ganesh puja and invite the Gods be invited.
to the wedding. The same invitation is It is acceptable to print just one set of
then given to the parents of the opposite wedding invitations for both the bride
side. and groom's side of the family. This is a
Wedding invitations can be printed in the great budgeting tip.
mother-tongue or English - both are Out-of-town guests need to be sent a
acceptable - as per your family's letter intimating them of the wedding
beliefs. However, if you intend to invite dates as soon as the dates have been
guests who may not understand or read finalised. The actual wedding invitations
your mother-tongue it is required that can be sent closer to the wedding date
you either print a set of invitations in with the rest of the details.
English (or any other commonly understood It is better to print inserts for
language) or place a set of inserts that pre-wedding ceremonies so that you can
include the necessary information like include them with select wedding
date, time and venue of the wedding. invitations. Sending a wedding invite
Wedding invitations are always sent with with the details of pre-wedding
a box of sweets or some other wedding ceremonies and then not mentioning the
favour - especially for a son's wedding. ceremony over the phone call is not
Traditionally, invitations to a considered acceptable.
daughter's wedding were not sent with any A follow-up phone call is a must for
favours. The reason being that the close family and friends a week or ten
bride's parents were already expected to days prior to the wedding.
incur large wedding costs and did not In Indian culture a guest is akin to God
need to add to their expense. Most and must be treated with equal respect
families no longer follow this rule and and reverence. The more guests who show
prefer to give out wedding favours in all up to bless the union the better the
their children's weddings. marriage is expected to be. So when
It is customary for the bride or groom's inviting your guests ensure that you
parents to go personally and invite close extend the warmest invitation you can!






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