Matrimonial bride dress
What a tamil young girl wait for is this, her wedding day.And her Wedding Silk Saree. Red and Yellow are tamils traditional Happiness colors.So,her saree for the "Thali" (A married womans symbol) wearing moment will be and must be a Red tanjavoor silk called "koorai saree", hand made designer saree.This she will keep as her best thing,and will wear in all forthcoming Happy cerimonial events of her's and her relatives. In 2006 this sarees start from a price of Us$ 250 to US$5,000. In old days Bride washed herself with Scented water and applied tumeric paste to her face and then dried her hair with sandal wood smoke, her friends used to decorate her with all kind of flowers with a long hair dressing, on her back of the head.Wearing all her family jewls, which, when she was young used to ask her mother, whenever she wears, Amma all this jewels ons day i will wear no?She will wear a 'Inaik koorai"( a secondary silk saree normally yellow color) to go to the wedding stage(manavarai).
Now are modern days,Girls too changed, they start to prepare them with the professional beauticians one week before the wedding as facial, manicure, hair priming so on. On a occasional wedding day the beautician needs 5, 6 hours to prepare the bride prior to the wedding ceremony. They uses Fine purfume, Expensive long lasting flowers, Facial creams, nail polishes and soon.
13 A, Jampetta Street,
Colombo -13.
Natureway
605, Galle Road,
Colombo -06.
Mayuri Saloon
81/3, Alan Avenue,
Dehiwala. (we accept your coments and links send it to mail@srilanka-tamil-matrimony.com)
