Indian Mythology

Bengali Bride

Why newly wed couples in Bengal cannot spend the first night together

The inauspicious night The wedding season is here. A time of merrymaking and mirth. Numerous ceremonies and festivities at the bride’s house before the wedding. The fun of the ceremony itself and then the fleeting, plaintive notes of bidaai. And the bride’s welcome into her new life… baraan… But did you know that in Bengal

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