आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

(“farewell celebration”) In northern
India, the formal departure of a new
bride for her marital home. This is a
momentous event for several different
reasons. A marriage is the start of a family, and through her marriage a young
woman gets the opportunity to become
a wife and mother; these roles are still
seen as a woman’s highest fulfillment
and happiness. Yet according to the traditional model of the Indian joint family,
after marriage a woman goes to live with
and becomes part of her husband’s family. Thus the act of seeing off a new bride
carries bittersweet feelings—happiness
for her marriage and hopes for her good
fortune, but also the sense that things
have irreversibly changed.