Times have changed and there has also been a big change in the way weddings are performed. But a wedding in Mahuta village of Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Monday reminded of the bygone times, when the procession arrived on several bullock carts. Not only this, wearing a traditional dress, the groom also reached the bride on a bullock cart. The arrangement of food in the wedding was also done in the traditional style. The baraatis, gharaatis and villagers all ate their food sitting on the ground and were served and fed by the family members. Groom Ankit Mishra’s aunt and village head Sandhya Mishra said that we decided to get married in this way to give the message of avoiding pollution.
He said that vehicles were not used to avoid pollution. Apart from this, distance was also made from plastic plates etc. and people ate food on the leaves. The villagers were so excited about this marriage that people had come to see how the procession had come by bullock cart. Villagers said that the preparations for this marriage were going on for several days and several people were contacted, who had bullock carts to take them to the procession. In fact, bullock carts have not been in vogue for a long time. In such a situation, mobilizing them in large numbers was also a big task.
A wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district on Monday reminded of the bygone times, when the procession arrived on several bullock carts. Not only this, wearing a traditional dress, the groom also reached the bride on a bullock cart. #UttarPradesh #banda pic.twitter.com/F2ssDDlAU8
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Villagers said that although many arrangements have been made in today’s era, but this marriage reminded of the golden era, when the processions used to go by bullock carts. In the marriage, all the arrangements were made by the villagers and the whole village was seen working together. The groom wore a sehra made of date palms, which has been a part of the Bundelkhand tradition. However, now few people are seen wearing it. In this way, an attempt was made to revive the old tradition in the groom’s dress, the means of the procession, from the arrangement of food to the farewell of the bride from the doli.