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PLEASE TELL ME IF ANYONE KNOW ABOUT SUHAAG LAAL CHOODA ,USUALLY PUNJABI BRIDES USED TO WEAR IT ON THEIR WEDDING DAY AND DO TELL ME WHERE COULD I FIND IT OUT IN U.K PLEASE TELL ME SHOP NAME AND ITS LOCATION AS WELL PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

kuri_kamal_ki

did u tried the desi stores? some off hem can order them for u

wannabe_a_mum

Where in the UK are you??

torquisepari

no i am not in u.k my fiancee is there but he doesnt know any stores ,actually i need laal chooda for my wedding b'coz it was my ammi jee's wish and i want to fullfill it .

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i need like this [kaleerey re in golden n bangles called lal chuda made up of elephant's teeth]

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these are fancy n trendy kaleera's

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this bride is wearing totally traditional kaleera's with suhaag chooda

Peshow

I think punjabi indians brides wear these kind of chorian ..ask someone to look in indian punjabi shops ...

torquisepari

not only indian punjabi brides wear it,pure punjabi old families do this rasam ladki ke maamu ladki ko maayu or mahendi per pehna detey hain but now days due to mod scod weddings girls dnt follow this rasam but in lahore there r few people jo yeh rasam kertey hain but kaleeray lazmi hotey hain yea laal chuda concept has been moved becoz people preffer gold bangles more den hathi ke dant ki chudiya but u no wut i m wearing both of them [gold n laal chooda]

Mrs Saieen

Um I think we called it a "gana"..... yeah usually mamoo wraps it around the wrist and it's not meant to be taken off the bride til teh wedding day. In some weddings, they put them on the groom too. At my wedding since my mamoo wasnt there, my brother did it, and my nand put the gana on my husband... but I had to cut it off later that night ecause they were going to do the mehndi on me

OK i saw the pictures and the thing we put on is different than this, its smaller, one or two balls with red threads hanging from it...ummm ill hav to find a pic of it to show, but i think it is a similar rasam, just smaller thats all..

wannabe_a_mum

Depending on where your finacee is in the UK - somewhere like Birmingham or Southall should be a safe bet.
I personally know that Gohil Emporium in Birmingham (Stratford Road) or Badial (Soho Road) will most likely stock these

Good luck!

Murgi

ohh the kaleera. khala was telling me that a long long time ago brides had to travel distances to get to their susral. and they couldn't really stop on the way. so the girl's sisters and friends used to string dried fruits and other stuff on a bunch of strings and would tie that on the girl's wrist, so when she's travelling she can eat stuff off it herself and also feed her new family. each girl would have her own string, and it would be a competition between them to see who can string the most food. it's just got translated into that golden thingy you see these days.

umm i haven't really seen a lot of families do that theses days. your best bet is an indian punjabi bridal store. you're in UK i'm sure there are a LOT of stores that do this.

torquisepari

thanks a lot wannabe_a_mum i ll quickly inform my fiancee he lives somewhere at stratford donno exact location.

torquisepari

yep i totally agree with u !aap ne bilkul sahi defination di hai thank you so much ,

mrs.saieen u r right but rasamey to bohet ziada hoti hai families ke reet rawaj ke mutabiq in our families groom ties a gana aswell gana dulhan b pahenti hai mager humare me choode kaleerey ke sath gana b hota hai lot of stuff to wear specially for the bride bechaari bride haha

Mrs Saieen

^ WEll ti seems like a very nice tradition....I thought the gana and kaleeray were the same til I saw the pictures....

asimaan

wow this is really fascinating, i had no idea about kaleeray or ivory chorian