Wednesday, August 17, 2011

celebration takes its name from th

celebration takes its name from the percussion instrument Dholki, which is featured heavily during this wedding celebrations. Traditionally, many days, or even weeks before the actual wedding day, women will gather in the house of the bride to be at night, and sing songs and dance accompanied by percussion instruments, the Dholki being the main one. Today, this ceremony has also been reduced to a single night of sing song and is often combined with Mehndi or Henna ceremony

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