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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4OgC7oEVEMsYz4ivCnvHgINDIA: Colourful wedding parades 👰🏻, sacred city of PUSHKAR in RAJASTHAN -

SUBSCRIBE ► http://shorturl.at/etK26 - Let's travel to the sacred city of Pushkar, in the Indian state of Rajasthan and let's witness 2 wedding parades that take place just before a wedding ceremony.
Baraat is a groom's wedding procession (we see one on the second part of the video) in India. In Indian communities, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride's house) on a mare, accompanied by his family members.
The baraat can become a large procession, with booking its own band and dancers. The groom and his horse are covered in finery and do not usually take part in the dancing and singing; that is left to the "baraatis" or people accompanying the procession.
The baraat is meant to bring the groom to the wedding venue with much pomp and fervor and is a custom that originated in North India but is adopted by other Indian communities as well today. The groom, decked in traditional Indian finery, is usually seated on a ceremonial horse (or an elephant, chariot, or vintage car) as his guests lead the way, dancing.
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