The Great Indian Wedding Shoe Caper (Dallas, TX)

In India, weddings are an occasion rich with traditions. Weddings bring with them celebrations and customs full of fun. One strange tradition in Indian weddings is the stealing and hiding of groom's shoes on the day of his wedding by the bride's sisters and cousins. The groom has the remove the shoes during the ceremony. Bride's family makes wacky plans to steal the shoe and hide it. On the other hand the groom's family tries to protect the shoe. Usually the bridesmaids successfully steal the shoes as it is a matter of their pride and honor. Once the ceremony is over and the groom needs his shoes back he and his family start searching for it. The bridesmaids surround him and ask for a huge sum of money which the groom pays them and gets his shoes back.
(via http://www.cultureledger.com/grooms-shoe-stealing-and-hiding-in-indian-weddin...)

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• wedding
• shoes
• indian
• rajput
• rajasthani
• dallas
• bridesmaids
• sisters
• cousins