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What is a sehra?
A sehra is a veil — traditionally made of flowers, beads, or pearls hanging from the groom's turban or headgear — worn over the groom's face at a Punjabi (and broader North Indian) wedding, tied on during the sehrabandi ceremony before the baraat departs.
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What is a sehra?
Also called: sehra veil, groom's face veil.
The sehra is one of the most recognisable pieces of groom styling at a Punjabi wedding — a curtain of flowers or beads hanging from the turban, obscuring the groom's face until it is ceremonially lifted, usually just before or during the main ceremony.
In Punjabi — ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ
ਸਹਿਰਾ ਲਾੜੇ ਦੇ ਚਿਹਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਪਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਫੁੱਲਾਂ, ਮੋਤੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਮਣਕਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਪੱਗ ਨਾਲ ਲਟਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸਹਿਰਾਬੰਦੀ ਦੀ ਰਸਮ ਦੌਰਾਨ, ਬਰਾਤ ਚੜ੍ਹਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਬੰਨ੍ਹਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਲਾੜਾ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਬਰਾਤ ਤੇ ਵਿਆਹ ਦੀ ਰਸਮ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਪਹਿਨੀ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਰਸਮੀ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਲਾਹਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਂਦਾ।
What a sehra looks like and when it is worn
- •Made from strings of flowers (often jasmine or roses), beads, or pearls, hanging from the front of the groom's turban or headgear.
- •Tied on during the sehrabandi ceremony, typically before the groom departs for the baraat.
- •Worn through the baraat procession and often through part of the ceremony, until formally lifted or set aside.
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How is sehra different from sehrabandi?
Sehrabandi is the ceremony of tying the sehra onto the groom's turban — sehra itself is the veil, while sehrabandi is the ritual act of putting it on.
What is a sehra typically made from?
Commonly strings of flowers such as jasmine or roses, sometimes combined with beads or pearls, hanging from the groom's turban or headgear.
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