Ros Ceremony

Yesterday, I attended Ros Ceremony of one of my friend Nafisa, whoz getting married tomorrow. I don’t know much about the customs catholics follow. But, it was quite exciting as u come across some different kind of customs.

Its like, on the eve of the wedding day, in the evening an important ceremony is performed which is called 'ros'-oil bath. The ros is a mixture of coconut juice and coconut oil. They say tht the brides skin gets a good glow by applying ths mixture one day before the wedding. Its just like ‘Haldi’ ceremony which v hav on the eve of the wedding day. V too have the same reasons behind it like by applying Haldi the skin gets a glow on the wedding day, also Haldi is considered quite auspicious and its used along with kumkum while performing pooja n all, I m sure ther mst b some scientific reasons too.

Coming back to Ros ceremony, Nafu, the bride and her three bridesmaids (including one more frnd of mine out of *eight– Shilpa) are made to sit….. and three bowls of coconut water is kept in front of them.

It all started with a small prayer by Sebi, Nafu’s elder brother where he thanked God to bring such a wonderful day, he prayed for his parents, for nafu and for all who were present there for the ceremony.

It’s a custom tht, bride’s father is the first person to apply ths juice to the bride. So, Uncle first took some coconut oil on his fingers and made a cross on her forehead. Thn, he took some coconut juice in his hands, applied on her hairs n thn on her face. Same is to be done with Bridesmaids too. One by one all her relatives n frnds has to come n repeat the same procedure. It was fun.... whn our turn came...... I n nimisha enjoyed applying on her face, her hairs and her hands…. Hmmm …. Thodii aur gorii ho jaayegii…. :)) And at last v all poured the remaining juice on all three of them ….hehehehe ….. It was a real fun…

Then ther was a round of slice cakes n cold drinks.. n after tht a delicious dinner. I was getting too late coz it was already 9.30pm n I had to reach virar which takes 15 mins by train n thn 10mins walking to home. So left without having dinner … :(

It was a real fun… :)

Now, looking forward for Saturday….. for more fun n mastii… :)



*eight - Roshni, Grishma, Jayee, Manisha (all married - manu got a babbuu recently), Nafu, Shilpa, Nimi and myself - eight of us r v.good college frnds :)