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Search for: [Description = "Photography \(scan from a slide\). Young couple during the wedding ceremony in the company of family. In the center the groom wearing festively decorated turban on the head, richly decorated colorful jacket and with a sword in his right hand. On the right the bride with face covered by a green\-and\-orange veil. Colorful veil indicates that the bride is still maiden. Change of the veil from colorful to black with pattern made at the end of the ceremony is a visual sign of recognition of the status of married women. Both \- the groom and the bride \- are connected to a white cotton rope. This is an important part of the wedding ceremony signifying created bonds of marriage. They both sit in front of the Hindu priest \(Brahmin of Rajgor caste\) \- the picture shows the back of his head \- just before the encirclement of the sacred fire. On the right side you see ]

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