Gujarati Engagement Ceremony
In many Gujarati communities, the engagement ceremony is known as Gol Dhana (in Gujarati script, ગોળ-ધાણા), or Gor Dhana, which literally means "Jaggery and Coriander seeds" and refers to the practice of distributing a small amount of jaggery mixed with coriander seeds.
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Famous quotes containing the words engagement and/or ceremony:
“Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to some one, I, or your father, should his health permit him, will inform you of the fact. An engagement should come on a young girl as a surprise, pleasant or unpleasant, as the case may be. It is hardly a matter that she could be allowed to arrange for herself.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)