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Explore Indian Weddings

India’s Hindu, Sikh, and Muslim communities each have their own distinctive marriage ceremonies and customs. For some excellent background information about these, explore the pages below from Tai Awatea | Knowledge Net (Te Papa’s online resource developed for exhibitions and objects). View the videos for some fascinating first-person accounts.

Hindu weddings | Sikh weddings | Muslim weddings | More info | Glossary

To find out about Sikh weddings, have a look at these pages:

Sikh weddings

 Sikh weddings
The different steps of the wedding ceremony

 Indian wedding costumes
The various clothes worn for traditional Sikh weddings.

Taran and Paramjit Singh talk:
about the groom wearing a turban.
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Taran and Paramjit Singh talk:
about the bride’s parents giving the bride away to the groom.
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Glenn and Sukhi Turner talk:
about walking around the Sikh holy book as hymns are sung.
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