These events begin with a greeting ceremony called a milni. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these events in which two people take seven steps around a sacred fire representing Agni in the saptapadī ceremony.
ANSWER: Hindu weddings [or marriages or equivalents; accept vivaha, lagna, bibaho, kettu kalyanam, thali kettu, maduve, thirumanam, pelli, or bahagara]
[10m] During a Hindu wedding, a groom parts the bride’s hair with a blade of grass and anoints the part with this vermilion pigment. Wearing a bindi or puttu of this pigment signifies a woman’s married status.
ANSWER: sindoor [or sindura; prompt on red or vermillion or other shades of red]
[10h] Grooms arrive at the milni in one of these festive processions, whose name often refers to the groom’s party as a whole. Increasingly, modern grooms ride a sports car in these processions instead of the traditional horse.
ANSWER: baraat [or varayatra; accept janjh, baryatra, barjatra, varaat, janti, jaan, varghodo, janavasam, dibbana, edurukolu, varanugaman, or bor jatra]
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