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What is palla dastoor?
Palla Dastoor is a Marwari pre-wedding ritual in which the groom's family formally sends clothing, jewellery, sweets and other gifts to the bride, typically as part of confirming and celebrating the upcoming wedding.
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What is palla dastoor?
Also called: groom's side gifting ritual.
Palla Dastoor is one of the ways a Marwari groom's family visibly welcomes the bride into the fold before the wedding itself — a formal gift exchange, often substantial, sent ahead as a gesture of the family's embrace.
In Marwari — मारवाड़ी में
पल्ला दस्तूर वाळी रीत में दुल्हा रा घरआळा ब्याव सूं पैली दुल्हण नै लत्ता, गहणा, मिठाई अर बीजा तोहफा भेजै। आ पल्लो परिवार री हैसियत अर अपणा-अपणा रिवाज मुजब छोटो या बड़ो हो सके है, पण मकसद एक ई रैवै - दुल्हण नै अपणावण अर आवण वाळा ब्याव री खुशी जताणी। आ रीत आमतौर पर ब्याव सूं पैली रा दूजा कार्यक्रमां रे साथै-साथै निभाई जावै।
What is typically included in palla dastoor
- •Clothing, often including a wedding outfit or festive attire for the bride.
- •Jewellery, ranging from token pieces to significant items depending on family custom and means.
- •Sweets and other traditional gifts, formally presented to the bride's family.
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When does palla dastoor happen relative to the wedding?
It is typically part of the pre-wedding sequence of rituals, timed according to family custom, ahead of the wedding day itself.
Is palla dastoor mandatory in every Marwari wedding?
It is a widely observed traditional custom, though the scale and specific items included vary significantly by family.
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