Since we are reading a book that reflects on the Indian culture, I thought it would make sense to get a little more background information about the Indian and culture and its religion. Hinduism is one of India's main cultures, next to Buddhism. Something that really stood out to me in the Hinduism culture was marriage. In Hinduism the marriage is sacred. Traditionally Hindu parents look for the right person for their son/daughter, which is called and arranged marriage. Commonly, the parents use an astrological chart at the time of birth of their son/daughter to find a match with the help of a priest. They say the two souls come together and marry because their karmas are intertwined. For the actual wedding usually they are very costly and most of the time parents pay for the wedding. A lot of the time the wedding is mostly red and gold. Typically middle to upper class weddings have a guest list of over 500 people. They have a live band playing and there is a lot of dancing.
Dancing is common just before coming to the wedding venue. Many rituals are performed at the weddings and the families and friends bless the couple. At times the wedding celebration can take up to one week depending on the practice in that different part of India.Once married it is not necessary that their gender roles are going to stay the same forever. Sometimes they may switch roles, the husband becomes the wife and the wife becomes the husband. For a Hindu woman marriage marks the end of her life as a maiden. She has to leave her parent's house to begin her new life with her husband. Once she is married her relationship with her parents remains formal and minimal.
http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_marriage.asp
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