From the moment we stepped foot in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (the city where Abhijeet's family lives) it was a whirlwind of activity with no break for the next 3 days. At the airport, we loaded up the family jeep and headed back to what is known as the old house. His family bought a new house which they are gradually moving into. It was the first time in nearly 10 years that the whole family, mother, father, Abhijeet, and Vikram were all together so it was an emotional and exciting time. When we arrived at the house, we went through a few of the marriage traditions that usually occur the day after an Indian marriage when the bride and groom go to the house of the groom's family. Traditionally the order of events should be henna party with bride day one, marriage and reception on day two, and then entrance to groom's family house on day three. Since we are doing things a little differently, the order has been changed a bit. We did a small version of the entrance to the groom's family house celebration on our arrival to Jodhpur on December 13th to the old house, henna on December 14th, a bigger celebration of welcome to the house in the new house on December 15th, henna again on December 23, and big (huge!) wedding reception on December 24th.
Once inside the house, we had tea, lunch, and began to talk about plans for the next few days. I was shown the many dresses (sari's, lehenga , etc) and jewelry that were bought for me. Just like we wear our engagement ring and wedding band in the US to show that we are married women, Indian women wear bangles and a mangal sutra (necklace with two chains of black beads).
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