Question

4 Test your memory. Work with a partner and answer the questions. 1 Why do they paint the bride's hands? 2 What preparations do they make on the morning of the party? 3 How does the groom arrive? 4 Why does the bride give the groom rice? 5 Why does the couple walk around the fire? = ​

Answer 1

1. They paint the bride's hands with henna because people say dark henna is a good sign it means friendship between the bride and her husband's mother.

2. The workers prepare flowers in the garden, and set other important things.

3. Groom arrives on a white horse.

4. The bride gives the groom a handful rice as a sign of her love.

5. The couple walk around the fire to show that they will walk together today and for the rest of their lives.