Pre Wedding Rituals

    * Livun
    * Wanwun
    * Maanziraat Ceremony
    * Devgon
    * Duribat

Wedding Rituals

    * Receiving the marriage procession
    * Wedding ceremony
    * Vidai
    * Welcoming The Newly-weds

Post Wedding Rituals

    * Satraat
    * Phirlath
    * Roth Khabar

Kashmiri Post Wedding Rituals
Satraat Ceremony
In the Satraat ceremony, the bride visits her parental house in the evening time. Usually, she is accompanied by her husband and a few kids. The newly wedded couple is presented new attire on this occasion.

Phirlath Ceremony
It is the same as Satraat ceremony but it takes place during the second time the couple visits the bride's parents house. This time also, they are given a set of new clothing.

Roth Khabar
In Roth khabar ritual, the bride's parents send a freshly baked traditional cake to their daughter's house on the Saturday or Tuesday after the wedding. It is brought to the girl's house by her brother. When he goes back, his sister as in the bride also accompanies her. Infact, she stays at her parents' house for a few days and comes back to her house when some one from her in-laws family comes to take her.

Pre Wedding Kashmiri Rituals

Livun & Wanwun
Livun is a ceremony in which the entire house is cleaned before the wedding. It takes place at the bride as well as the groom's house. It involves cleaning and treating the Kashmiri mud house floors with a mixture of cow dung, mud and water. All married females in the family witness this ceremony. On this day, the family cook also known as waza arrives and places a mud-and-brick oven called war in the house backyard. It is this place, where all traditional meals are cooked for the celebration of various wedding ceremonies.

Wanwun are the music sessions that take place during the evening time at the bride as well as the groom's house. Close relatives and friends participate actively in this joyous function.

Maanziraat Ceremony
The maanziraat ceremony usually happens 1 week prior to the wedding. It starts with krool khanun, a ceremony that involves beautifying the door of the homes of the bride and the groom. This is followed by the bride's bathing ritual, in which the girl's maternal uncle washes her feet. It takes place in the evening. Thereafter, the girl's eldest aunt adorns her hands and feet with maanz (henna). All invitees are served a delicious Kashmiri meal. Thereafter, everybody participates enthusiastically in the wanvun or music session.

Devgon & Duribat
The Devgon ceremony symbolizes the transition of the bride and the groom from brahmacharya stage to grihastha stage. Before performing this ritual, the close relatives of both the families observe a fast. The purohit conducts the ceremony in front of the holy fire. The ornaments and utensils that the bride's parents wish to give to their daughter are also placed. An important custom is the kanishran, in which the boy/girl is bathed with a mixture of water, rice, milk and curd. Flower petals are also showered on the bride/groom. Thereafter, they are dressed up in new traditional clothing.