Knanaya Marriage Rites | Chandam Charthal | Groom's Beautification Ceremony
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The Chandam Charthal or Groom's Beautification Ceremony is an ancient wedding tradition in which the groom to be is shaved and beautified. The village barber approaches the wedding platform and asks the crowd thrice for permission stating "Asking the protectors of seventeen castes, may I beautify the groom". The first two times the crowd ignores the request stating they cannot hear him and the last they grant permission. After the groom is shaved he is taken away from the wedding platform for a ceremonial bath and to change into new attire. Historically the Chandam Charthal was the grooms first shave done in a ceremonial manner before the wedding.
Knanaya wedding traditions are ancient in origins and are the mixture of Syriac Christian, Judaic, and Hindu ritual practice merged into one alluding to the centuries the Knanaya have lived as a minority ethnic community in India. Each ceremony gives distinct roles to individual family members and is also accompanied by an ancient wedding or folk song characteristic of the Knanaya.
This video was produced and directed by the Vellian Family of the Knanaya Archdiocese of Kottayam. It presents Knanaya wedding traditions in the modern day as well as a historical version of the traditions in elder days with Margam Kali Dancers narrating the ceremony.
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