Indian Weddings

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 3, 2004: The popular movie, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” has a sequel of interest to the Indian community called “My Bigger Fatter Indian Wedding” begins this humorous article It is a very fitting sequel as Indian families cherish and love Indian weddings. As part of what the article refers to as high-context cultures, Asian family gatherings are marked by lots of touching, hugging, constant interruptions, loud decibel levels, and many things happening all together. When an American girl marries a Punjabi boy, for example, the girl’s family visits India for the first time and the fun begins. The bride’s family arrives on the first day of the celebrations at promptly seven p.m. because the invitation indicates that is when the festivities will start. Little do they know that seven probably means eight or nine o’clock. However, by day three of the celebrations, the Americans start to enjoy Indian culture by dressing in Indian clothes and eating Indian food. The article explains, “Even among high-context cultures, the Indian wedding stands out. It involves as much planning as the construction of a nuclear power plant — except it costs more. And it has stubbornly withstood the winds of globalization. My family members have married an American, a Swiss, a German, even a Chinese. But did they have an American, Swiss, German or Chinese wedding? No way. It was always the great Indian wedding that prevailed.” Indian weddings have maintained their resiliency through time because Indian culture centers around the family and the values that the family upholds and represents. Check out “Source” above for the full text of this entertaining and light-hearted article about Indian weddings.