These family members brought special clothing from India for the groom. Sush Mazumdar liked small yellow marigolds because the flowers reminded her of India. She planted these flowers in Ohio, so they would bloom in time for the wedding. Her mother gave her a traditional sari dress from India. Hindu weddings also have events that happen over several days.
“We had all of that. We had every single event that is supposed to happen.”
The Bengali wedding was followed by a party at an American golf course.
“So it was a Western kind of dinner with some Indian dishes, so it was combined.”
There was also an American wedding cake, which she says she would never have had in India.
“And they told us to take the top of the cake home and keep it in the freezer and have it after a year.”
American couples do often freeze the top of their wedding cake to eat on the first anniversary of their wedding. That is exactly what Sushmita and her husband did.
Now they have two young children. What does she think their weddings might be like?
“I’ve seen the good things that come from all the different traditions, so as long as it’s fun I’ll be there.”
MUSIC: Christina Perri “A Thousand Years”
Our program was written by Karen Leggett. I’m Avi Arditti.
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