Surrounded by female family members, the groom undergoes a shaving ceremony. Beyond its grooming purpose, this ritual harkens back to a time when marriages involved much younger couples. In earlier days, marriages often occurred at the onset of puberty, and a boy’s first shave marked his transition from boyhood to manhood.

Creator

• Mumbai Archive Project Team

Mitwirkende

• Ankita Jain

Publisher

• Jio Institute

Stichwort

• Koli
• Mangalashtakas
• Haldi
• Kuladevata
• Koli Community
• Sakharpuda
• Karjai Mata
• Garli Mata
• Grihadevata
• Haldi Ceremony
• Kelvan
• Maharashtra
• Paithani Saree
• Koliwada
• Mumbai
• Mumbai Archive Project

Ort

• Manori

Resource type

• Image

Rights statement

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/