'Vilayaadal'

The fourth in my series on 'A South Indian Wedding'.

The 'Vilayaadal', which means games, was a tradition during the early

days. The bride and the groom did not know each other as marriages

were typically arranged by the families. So this was a means of the

bride and the groom to get to know each other. As part of this

tradition, they present the bride and the groom with all that they

need like toilet kits, dresses etc. Here in this photograph we find 2

dolls representing the bride and the bridegroom, in the background

you can find the actual bride and bridegroom. Look forward to the

next in the series of 'A South Indan Wedding'

I am following this series! Good work.

Tells a story. I like the toning color, DOF really adds a lot to this. Nicely done.

Thank you. I hope to keep you glued to the series :) happy shooting! cheers! I would like your views and comments on my other work as well :)

Wonderful perspective Pradeep!!! I love the tone of this series...!

Its nice to see that quite a few members seem to like this series :) its a good feeling ;)

Interesting traditon,just like the chinese too.

I meant about the arrange marriage between parents. I wonder if there is a statistic like

"love" how many stayed together? in this kind of arrangement or about faithfulness?

Hello Sally, its nice to know that the Chinese have a similar tradition, guess it just goes to prove that we as human beings are so similar though we demarcate ourselves with diff religions and castes and creed and what not. Anyway, answering your question, there is no official statistic that i know of but most of the arranged Hindu marriages are a life time relationship. Well the reason i see behind this is that marriage is seen as a bond between 2 families rather than the bond between just 2 individuals. Now that does not mean there are no divorces happening in this part of the world (how would the divorce lawyers/attorneys survive then;)), we hear a lot of cases here too, its happening more these days than earlier, and its sad.

It is nice to hear something about this 'wedding' story. I like also this photo. The tone off color is perfect, I think when it was in color, it would be distracting. The 2 'puppets' on the foreground, make me look at the 4 persons in the background. Very nice.Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the answers and the rational too.

Have a prosperous and bountiful marriage Pradeep... best,sally