Post by harsha on Oct 1, 2004 13:18:13 GMT -5
I got this piece from the net:
Mogaveera Wedding customs
Mogaveeras have their own customs for marriages. Boy’s father or maternal uncle has to search for a suitable bride. Their choice is final. After both the families ascertain about the Bari (Santhana) of boy and girl, they exchange betal leaf and aracanut. This is called ‘Bachhire Poolu Pagapunu’. Boy’s parents or maternal uncle with the Gurikara and girl’s elders stand in front of each other and exchange betal leaf and aracanut and say our boy belongs to you from today onwards and visa versa. This is called engagement. (Nischaya Thamboola)
As soon as the marriage is fixed, both the boy’s and girl’s parents call the meeting of respective villages and declare that they are going to get their boy / girl married. They therefore seek the consent and cooperation of village sabha. Village sabha confirms the gothra (bari) of the bride / bridegroom. If they tally then they give permission for the marriage. Thereafter members of the village are required to co-operate in the marriage ceremony. Village members erect shamiana, cook food and supervise all the work of marriage proceedings. Marriage ceremony takes place in bridegroom’s house. Village sabha provides jewellery required by the bride for the occassion. The bride is decorated with these ornaments. Even if the girl is from poor family, the bride is elegantly dressed with lots of jewelleries. On the wedding day, at sunrise, the bride is given “Muhoortha Snana”. This is called “Kalasha neeru”.
The marriage procession of the girl’s party comes to boy’s house. They are well received by the bridegroom’s people. The bride and bride groom is made to sit opposite each other and bride’s parents or maternal uncle and aunt perform the marriage rituals. The ceremony gets over with the blessings of God Almighty and elders.
After partaking the meals, girl’s people return to their home with the girl. On a later auspicious day, after ‘Thodamane’ (dinner) the girl is taken to the boy’s house. Thereafter, marriage ceremony comes to an end. Pre - birth ceremony, the girl is brought to parent’s house for delivery.
In Mogaveera community maternal relationship is given more importance. The Eldest lady in the house is in-change of the house. Every family has a Surname (Bari-Santana) People having same Surname belong to one family. One can’t marry within the same Bari. Similarly the Surname of bride’s father and bridegroom’s father shouldn’t be same. Aliya Santhana or Maternal relationship is being practised by Mogaveeras, Billawas and Bunts. They follow certain identical customs. This therefore shows that originally they all belonged to the same community. Although the families of one Santhana (Bari) are scattered all over South Kanara and also the people are settled everywhere in India, they assemble at their original (Moola) house once in a year. Here routinal rituals like Nagabrahma, Daiva, Bhootha, Thambila, Kola take place year after years regularly.
Mogaveera Wedding customs
Mogaveeras have their own customs for marriages. Boy’s father or maternal uncle has to search for a suitable bride. Their choice is final. After both the families ascertain about the Bari (Santhana) of boy and girl, they exchange betal leaf and aracanut. This is called ‘Bachhire Poolu Pagapunu’. Boy’s parents or maternal uncle with the Gurikara and girl’s elders stand in front of each other and exchange betal leaf and aracanut and say our boy belongs to you from today onwards and visa versa. This is called engagement. (Nischaya Thamboola)
As soon as the marriage is fixed, both the boy’s and girl’s parents call the meeting of respective villages and declare that they are going to get their boy / girl married. They therefore seek the consent and cooperation of village sabha. Village sabha confirms the gothra (bari) of the bride / bridegroom. If they tally then they give permission for the marriage. Thereafter members of the village are required to co-operate in the marriage ceremony. Village members erect shamiana, cook food and supervise all the work of marriage proceedings. Marriage ceremony takes place in bridegroom’s house. Village sabha provides jewellery required by the bride for the occassion. The bride is decorated with these ornaments. Even if the girl is from poor family, the bride is elegantly dressed with lots of jewelleries. On the wedding day, at sunrise, the bride is given “Muhoortha Snana”. This is called “Kalasha neeru”.
The marriage procession of the girl’s party comes to boy’s house. They are well received by the bridegroom’s people. The bride and bride groom is made to sit opposite each other and bride’s parents or maternal uncle and aunt perform the marriage rituals. The ceremony gets over with the blessings of God Almighty and elders.
After partaking the meals, girl’s people return to their home with the girl. On a later auspicious day, after ‘Thodamane’ (dinner) the girl is taken to the boy’s house. Thereafter, marriage ceremony comes to an end. Pre - birth ceremony, the girl is brought to parent’s house for delivery.
In Mogaveera community maternal relationship is given more importance. The Eldest lady in the house is in-change of the house. Every family has a Surname (Bari-Santana) People having same Surname belong to one family. One can’t marry within the same Bari. Similarly the Surname of bride’s father and bridegroom’s father shouldn’t be same. Aliya Santhana or Maternal relationship is being practised by Mogaveeras, Billawas and Bunts. They follow certain identical customs. This therefore shows that originally they all belonged to the same community. Although the families of one Santhana (Bari) are scattered all over South Kanara and also the people are settled everywhere in India, they assemble at their original (Moola) house once in a year. Here routinal rituals like Nagabrahma, Daiva, Bhootha, Thambila, Kola take place year after years regularly.