Wedding Photography in India!

[Devaiah PA]

Wedding Photography - Displaying Culture, Tradition and Colors if India

A photograph from my cousin's wedding this last sunday..To start with....


Coorg Groom
http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/543/medium/Coorg_Groom.JPG

[KrishnenduKes]

Let us keep this thread for the best wedding photography techniques discussion and showcasing some good work. I am not too good at this. This is tough work for those who do a good job.

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[Viny]

Wedding Photography - Displaying Culture, Tradition and Colors if India

A photograph from my cousin's wedding this last sunday..To start with....


Coorg Bride
http://www.thephotographer.in/galleries/data/543/medium/Coorg_Groom.JPG


Good one, Out of curiosity, I have few OT Questions, I hope you wont mind answering.

1. Coorg Bride??? I thought its Groom, Slightly confused :? MangalSurta and Red over cloth might mean bride, but still overall the picture is more of groom to me :(
2. What is that big golden pendal? Look likes large size mangalsutra :(
3. Is he wearing something while over the shirt? What is it called? Also is the shirt having some special customary style?
4. I see something like kirpan on his waist, strangely this is very common in North as well. Wondering why was ever needed by the groom during wedding :p
5. What is the metalic band on waist called as?
6. What does the red cloth over the body called and symbolizes?


Sorry if some of my words are inappropriate to the context, but with full regards to the customs, these are some naive curiosity based query.

Thanks for details

[Devaiah PA]

Good one, Out of curiosity, I have few OT Questions, I hope you wont mind answering.

1. Coorg Bride??? I thought its Groom, Slightly confused :? MangalSurta and Red over cloth might mean bride, but still overall the picture is more of groom to me :(
2. What is that big golden pendal? Look likes large size mangalsutra :(
3. Is he wearing something while over the shirt? What is it called? Also is the shirt having some special customary style?
4. I see something like kirpan on his waist, strangely this is very common in North as well. Wondering why was ever needed by the groom during wedding :p
5. What is the metalic band on waist called as?
6. What does the red cloth over the body called and symbolizes?



Sorry if some of my words are inappropriate to the context, but with full regards to the customs, these are some naive curiosity based query.

Thanks for details

1. Yes it is the groom..... I had composed the post with both Groom and Bride Pics....for some reasons I had to remove the bride pic....but I deleted the wrong caption... it was a typo... :|

2. It is not the mangalsutra... It is a traditional Coorg jewelery...the groom/bride wears it at the wedding.... This type of jewelery is only found in coorg.

3. Over the white shirt the groom wears a White Coat wrapped around... the shirt is a normal one... The groom wears a White dress, other relative wear Black colored one.

4. Similar to kripan, the coorgs use a gold/Silver coverd dagger... It is part of the traditional Coorg male Costume....The coorgs wear it at Weddings and festivals.

5. The metalic band is used to support a close combat weapon, which is fixed to the groom's waist at the backside. I do not know its name, the the weapon is called "Odi Kathi"...Kathi is for Sword.

6. Just like as in other indian coltures, the red is of utmost significance and the color most frequently used for auspicious occasions like marriages, birth of a child, etc



You can also keep reading here...
http://coorg.com/
http://coorg.com/people.php
http://coorg.com/culture_traditions.php

[KrishnenduKes]

1. Yes it is the groom..... I had composed the post with both Groom and Bride Pics....for some reasons I had to remove the bride pic....but I deleted the wrong caption... it was a typo... :|

2. It is not the mangalsutra... It is a traditional Coorg jewelery...the groom/bride wears it at the wedding.... This type of jewelery is only found in coorg.

3. Over the white shirt the groom wears a White Coat wrapped around... the shirt is a normal one... The groom wears a White dress, other relative wear Black colored one.

4. Similar to kripan, the coorgs use a gold/Silver coverd dagger... It is part of the traditional Coorg male Costume....The coorgs wear it at Weddings and festivals.

5. The metalic band is used to support a close combat weapon, which is fixed to the groom's waist at the backside. I do not know its name, the the weapon is called "Peeche Kathi"...Kathi is for Sword.

6. Just like as in other indian coltures, the red is of utmost significance and the color most frequently used for auspicious occasions like marriages, birth of a child, etc



You can also keep reading here...
http://coorg.com/
http://coorg.com/people.php
http://coorg.com/culture_traditions.php

Thanks a lot for the details!

[Viny]

Thanks Deviah, its always good to learn something new :) And not to mention, your coz is looking handsome and a very neat shot out :)

Just one thing, need to figure out why the groom is given an arm (kirpan) on wedding day? :p

[Devaiah PA]

Thanks Deviah, its always good to learn something new :) And not to mention, your coz is looking handsome and a very neat shot out :)

Just one thing, need to figure out why the groom is given an arm (kirpan) on wedding day? :p

Because there are some rituals which require special tools....

[hitanshu]

http://theperfectpose.com/HowToPose/learning/the-one-lens-wedding-results/

Crazy. no one ever puts that level of thought in India ever!!