Coalville Times | 1903-09-04 | Page 3 | Peculiar Marriage Ceremony

Peculiar Marriage Ceremony. Among tht Kherrlaa of India tht marriage ceremony la quite elaborate. After many preliminaries the priest) begins thlt singular performance: Taking a email portion of tha hair ol the bride and groom In turn, from tht center of tbe forehead, be drawt l dowDtyo tht bridge of the nose. Tbon, ponrlng oil on the top of tbe bead, bt watchea It carefully aa It trickles down the portion of hair. If the oil runt straight on to the tip of tht nose their future will do fortunate, but If It spreads over the forehead or trickles oft on either aldo of the nose bad lurk It ture to follow. Tholr for tunet told, generally to tholr own eat-Isfactlon, eat-Isfactlon, the essential and Irrevocable Irrevoca-ble part of the ceremony takes place. Standing up aldo by aide, but with facet strictly averted, the bride and bridegroom mark each other's foreheads fore-heads with "slndur" (vermilion), Oreat rare It alwaya taken that neither neith-er ahall catch a glimpse of the other during thla Important proceea, which finally makes tbe couple man and wife.