Jhajda Tradition: In the Jhajda tradition, the groom does not go to the bride’s house with a wedding procession. A person from the groom’s village goes to the bride’s house and from there the bride along with all the people of the village reaches the groom’s house with that person.
Three brothers of a family got married according to ancient customs in Shillai sub-division of Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. Here the groom did not go to the bride’s house with a wedding procession, but a bride from Uttarakhand reached her in-laws house with a wedding procession and got married with complete rituals and customs. Hundreds of people witnessed this amazing sight.
Baraat came from Uttarakhand
The special thing is that there was no transaction regarding dowry with the family of Suman who had brought the wedding procession from Uttarakhand. The bride of Uttarakhand brought only Lota, Bunta and Parat from her home. Nor was alcohol served. Chakrata is a tribal area of Uttarakhand.
Such traditions have been going on for centuries in Shillai and Jaunsar Babar of Uttarakhand. The groom’s father Kumbhram told that there was a complete ban on intoxication in the wedding ceremony. At the same time, Kundan Singh Shastri, general secretary of the Central Hati Committee, told that this is the tradition of the tribal area. It is also mentioned in the ethnographic report of Hati community.
Four types of marriage tradition in Giripar
There are four types of marriages according to the old tradition in the tribal area of Giripar. The first marriage is a child marriage. In this tradition, the matter of marriage of the girl was already confirmed. Sometimes the relationship was fixed even before the birth of the child. In the Jhajda tradition, the groom does not go to the bride’s house with a wedding procession. A person from the groom’s village goes to the bride’s house and from there the bride along with all the people of the village reaches the groom’s house with that person.
khitayun matrimony
The third type of marriage is called Khitaiyun. The marriage of a girl who has done more than one marriage is called Khitaiyun. The fourth type of marriage is according to the necklace system.
If a girl or a woman elopes with a person of her own free will, then it is called Haar Vivah. The person who drives away the girl is also punished financially, which is called Harong. But, now the tradition of such marriage is almost over. Marriage according to Jhajda custom Still intact. Dowry is not given in this.