It is a convenient option because after the Vidai, brides has to travel to the groom’s house and participate in more ceremonies at the new house. These days, most of the brides, particularly Punjabi brides tend to be more inclined towards Salwar Kameez for the Vidaai Ceremony. Backless, choli, quarter sleeved vintage style blouses are extremely popular. A heavily embellished Sari is usually a supplement of a wedding Lehenga, hence donning a net sari or a Banarasi Saree in bridal tones of red, maroon, yellow and green is evident The sari is extremely important, but so is the blouse! These days women pay a lot of attention if not more to how the blouse would look and what shape or design it would entail in contrast to the sari.
And if one wants something that is comfortable, chic and glamorous at the same time, then perhaps saree is the best attire to choose. Most women feel that Lehengas and heavy wedding attires can be difficult to carry during the Vidai Ceremony. In most of the cultures, Vidai ceremony happens immediately after the 7 Vows, hence the brides choose to wear a wedding Lehenga. Throwing of wheat/rice (Image Courtesy: :Arjuns Tryst with the camera) The Vidai Attires Once this ritual is completed, she is lead to the Palanquin or the groom’s vehicle to leave for her new home. This ritual of throwing rice and coins symbolizes that she is repaying back her parents for keeping her in the house and also spreading happiness and prosperity in all corners of the house. Along with her husband, she moves outside her maternal home mostly surrounded by her father and brothers, as she throws three handful of rice or wheat and few coins over her head and into the house. When the bride leaves her home, she is usually dressed in her bridal wear that she donned during the Kanyadan and Phere. Indians have always believed that a girl is ‘paraya dhan,’ (eventually belongs to someone special) someone who has been blissfully given away at the time of marriage. This is where the inception of the ‘Vidaai’ ceremony took place. Originally, brides were given away to kings and princes from far off lands, as a gift, property or something to surrender or make a treaty between two kingdoms.
In Sikhism, this ceremony is called as ‘Doli’ Origin Literally translating to the phrase ‘ Goodbye,’ Vidai is one of the most sentimental outburst of any wedding across the world. The last ritual of the wedding, this Indian ceremony marks the end of Bride’s life as a daughter and establishes her new role as a wife and daughter-in-law. With elaborate wedding rituals, Vidai (also known as Bidai or Bidaai) is a ritual of bride bidding farewell to her family and leaving of her maternal home.
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