The Choorah is a set of red and white bangles worn by the bride on the wedding day. They are made of plastic but form a very important accessory to the bride. In face it is more important than the mangalsutra ( I will write about this in another post)
The white bangles act as borders and a centre-piece and has designs on it. The red ones are plain.
There are golden color jumkaas like hangings in the middle of the Choorah. And these are called Kalirey.
The sister and the sister-in-laws of the bride tie this on the brides hands. This is a sign of blessing from them. These hangings are worn only on the day of the wedding.
These bangles are worn for minimum of 40 days but they wear it upto a year too. The first 40 days the brides are not allowed to do any heavy work, lest it will break.
You can know that the girl got married recently by seeing these bangles on her hands.
However western they dress, still they wear these. Nice to see even young girls keeping up the tradition.
The bangles are so important that there is a separate function organized by the mother-in-law to remove those.
Information and picture courtesy Swati from London.
The white bangles act as borders and a centre-piece and has designs on it. The red ones are plain.
There are golden color jumkaas like hangings in the middle of the Choorah. And these are called Kalirey.
The sister and the sister-in-laws of the bride tie this on the brides hands. This is a sign of blessing from them. These hangings are worn only on the day of the wedding.
These bangles are worn for minimum of 40 days but they wear it upto a year too. The first 40 days the brides are not allowed to do any heavy work, lest it will break.
You can know that the girl got married recently by seeing these bangles on her hands.
However western they dress, still they wear these. Nice to see even young girls keeping up the tradition.
The bangles are so important that there is a separate function organized by the mother-in-law to remove those.
Information and picture courtesy Swati from London.
