Dresses

According to the Indian culture, the bride has to wear a cotton saree which is named " Kurai ".
It is a checky saree made with gold threads.
And the  groom has to wear a silk dhoti with a white dress.
The relatives have to put a gold coin which is attached by a yellow thread on the forehead of the bride and the groom. The couple has to wear a flower garland.

By Kirtika and Yashwanth

Love or Arranged marriage?

There are two types of marriage in India: love marriage, and arranged marriage. The love marriage is when a couple love each other but marry without the blessing of the parents.

The arranged marriage is very traditionnal, the parents chose the couple.

The photo on the left is the marriage of Two popular actors in koolywood (south India). It is an arranged marriage.

There are more love marriage than arranged marriage. 75% of love marriage that finish in divore.

But arranged marriage finish by love.

Divagar and Harini

Ceremony of marriage in india

In South India the ceremony of mariage is called the reception. In India the reception is a very big ceremony, the reception is during the night after the mariage, it's situated in a very beautiful big hall with full of decorations .

In the reception, the bride has to wear a beautiful saree which is very beautiful often red; with nice designs, the groom has to wear a nice white penjabi .

During the reception the friends and the family of the groom and the bride give prizes and gifts to the marriage couple.

After that they go and eat , friends eat first .

Then the family and the married couple eat together.

by Marie-José and M.Wasim

The bride in India

In India, especially in the South, a bride is very well-dressed. During the marriage ceremony, she wears a silk "sari" an indian traditional dress, she has a lot of fresh flowers on her hair and she also wears many gold jewels like necklace, bangles,earrings...(look at the photo), that day, she is the most beautiful and she looks like a princess.Her family has to give dowry to the groom's family so that she's respected by her parents- in- law.During the celebration, the groom puts one gold chain called "tali" on the bride's neck, symbol of the wedding ring in Europe and she has to keep it till her husband is alive.The groom also puts a silver ring on her toe called "metti".

Once the marriage is celebrated, the couple is united for eternity and the bride has to leave her parents and to live with the groom.

By Patrick and Dora

The dowry

The dowry means that the bride's family should give some money, jewels or a car, bike... to the groom's family. They can give useful things like a cupboard, bed...etc or they can provide a land or house;

but the groom's family can stop the wedding if they don't get the dowry. Sometimes, the groom's family doesn't ask for the dowry but if the bride's family is very rich, they give the dowry; if the family is not very rich they give just a necklace or something else.

After the marriage, the couple can build a house if they have had a land as dowry, otherwise they can use the things they have received as a dowry.

They can do whatever they whant with those they have received as a dowry, but generelly the bride keeps it in memory of her family!

By Deephak and Jacqueline!!!

Julius Caesar

This is a wonderful story for me but the play was very long. In this story, there are four main characters like Julius Caesar, Brutus, Mark Antony, Cassius. The play is a bit difficult to read for me because thre are a lot of new words. I love this story because it's a tragedy and the story was so different from roman history and I recommend this book for every one to know more about revenge.

By BARADANE

Much ado about nothing!!!

I have read Much Ado About Nothing. It's a play written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. It's a comedy. I love the end of this story because Benedick and Beatrice get married. Leonato is the father of beatrice. The story takes place in a countryside. The story was a bit difficult to understand because there are too many new words for me. I love this story because this is an comedy and tragedy. I recommend it for boys.