Indian Sikh Wedding and Culture

Cultural competence requires the ability to step outside of one's cultural comfort zone and learn about one's own culture by comparing and contrasting it to other cultures. Select a cultural group to which you do not belong and conduct a brief ethnography: Indian Sikh Wedding

Questions:

1. Why are the bangles dipped in the milk?
2. What is the significance behind covering the brides' bangles?
3. What does the tying of girls dupatta with the guys symbolize?
4. What role does the brother play in walking with the soon-to-be wedded couples?
5. Why are these 4 verses from the holy text recited especially for the wedding?
6. What does throwing of the rice behind significance to the wedding?
7. What does sharing of the food with husband first time after the marriage imply?
8. Why does the mother of the groom circle a pot of half milk and water around 7 times and the significance behind it?
9. Why does she drink the milk and why does the groom stop her until the 7th time?
10. What's the significance of throwing money after the car when the bride leaves with the groom?
11. In the Gurudwara, who is decided to look after their holy and why?
12. What is the item they wave around their holy book and why?
13. How many times and what significance is it that they are circling the holy text for their wedding?