In a strange custom in Bihar, once the bride enters the groom’s house, the mother-in-law places a pot on her head. She then continues to touch the feet of the elders and do other chores with the pot on. After every 5 minutes, another pot is added to her head. The bride must not let the pots fall off and must carry on with the rituals with all the pots perfectly balanced. This ritual is supposed to help the bride achieve the perfect balance and harmony between her duties and her family members as a wife.
While played in fun in recent years, during the earlier days, if the bride couldn’t balance the pots, she faced much ridicule and wrath from her in-laws. All this, just after she sets foot in the house!
8. Mother banned from the wedding.
As strange as it sounds, in Bengali weddings, the bride’s mother is not allowed to see the wedding. It is believed that the mother witnessing the wedding will bring harm on her daughter. Or the mother possesses the evil eye to harm her daughter’s marriage. We have nothing to say on just how wrong and terrible this tradition seems!
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