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What is juroon biya?
Juroon Biya (or Juron) is an Assamese pre-wedding ritual in which the groom's family sends gifts — including clothing, jewellery, cosmetics and traditional sweets like doi-chira (curd and flattened rice) — to the bride's home, formally marking the approach of the wedding.
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What is juroon biya?
Also called: juron, assamese pre-wedding gift ritual.
Juroon is the Assamese custom of the groom's family reaching out ahead of the wedding with a formal, generous gift exchange — a gesture that both celebrates the upcoming marriage and welcomes the bride into the family before she has even arrived.
In Assamese — অসমীয়াত
বিয়াৰ আগতে দৰাপক্ষই কনেৰ ঘৰলৈ কাপোৰ, গহনা, প্ৰসাধন সামগ্ৰী আৰু দৈ-চিৰাৰ দৰে পৰম্পৰাগত মিঠাই পঠিয়াই দিয়া ৰীতিকে জুৰুন বিয়া বোলে। ই দুয়ো পৰিয়ালৰ মাজত সম্পৰ্ক দৃঢ় কৰাৰ লগতে কনেক পৰিয়াললৈ আদৰণি জনোৱাৰ এটা মধুৰ ৰীতি। সাধাৰণতে বিয়াৰ কেইদিনমান আগতে এই উপহাৰ পঠোৱা হয়।
What is typically sent during juroon
- •Clothing and jewellery for the bride, often including her wedding attire.
- •Cosmetics and beauty items as part of the gift set.
- •Traditional food items, notably doi-chira (curd with flattened rice), a customary Assamese gift.
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What is doi-chira?
Doi-chira is a traditional Assamese dish of curd (doi) with flattened rice (chira) — commonly included among the gifts sent during juroon as a customary festive food item.
When does juroon typically happen?
In the days leading up to the wedding, as part of the pre-wedding sequence of gift exchanges between the two families.
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