Indian wedding glossary · The functions
What is Aiburobhat?
Also written: Aiburo bhaat, আইবুড়োভাত
Aiburobhat is the Bengali custom of a final feast for the bride or groom as an unmarried person, cooked by the family with their favourite dishes.
- Who keeps it
- Bengali Hindu families.
- When
- A day or a few days before the wedding.
About Aiburobhat
What should you know about Aiburobhat?
Aiburo means unmarried and bhaat means rice. The family lays out a festive meal, often with rice, fish, sweets and payesh, served on a large plate with the bride or groom seated in new clothes. Relatives may hold aiburobhat on several days.
It is a loving send-off to the single days, and is often full of jokes and photographs. Friends and neighbours sometimes host their own aiburobhat for the bride or groom, so there may be more than one.
In the order of functions
Where does Aiburobhat come in an Indian wedding?
A day or a few days before the wedding.
- Before the weddingFixing the match, the engagement, the date and the card.
- The functionsPujas, haldi, mehndi, sangeet and the family days before the wedding.
- Wedding day ritualsFrom the baraat to the pheras, nikah and anand karaj.
- After the weddingVidaai, the new home, the reception and the first visits.
Planning your own days? The free wedding function order planner puts your functions in a sensible order with dates.
On the card
What do families write on the invitation for Aiburobhat?
Aiburobhat for Riya, Thursday, 12 February, 1 pm lunch, at Didu's house.
Related words
Words that go with Aiburobhat
- Gaye holud
Gaye holud is the Bengali turmeric ceremony, where the paste is first applied to the groom at his home and the same turmeric is sent to the bride's home for her ceremony.
- Dodhi mangal
Dodhi mangal is the Bengali wedding-morning ritual where the bride and groom eat curd and flattened rice before sunrise, the last food before they fast until the wedding.
- Ashirbad
Ashirbad is the Bengali blessing ceremony where elders of the groom's family bless the bride, and elders of the bride's family bless the groom, with paddy and durba grass.
- Bou bhaat
Bou bhaat is the Bengali reception at the groom's home, the day the new bride serves rice to his family for the first time and the groom promises to provide for her.
- Paka dekha
Paka dekha is the Bengali ceremony where both families formally confirm the match and fix the wedding date, usually in the presence of a priest.
Questions
Aiburobhat, answered
What is Aiburobhat?
Aiburobhat is the Bengali custom of a final feast for the bride or groom as an unmarried person, cooked by the family with their favourite dishes.
Which families celebrate Aiburobhat?
Bengali Hindu families.
When does Aiburobhat happen in the order of wedding functions?
A day or a few days before the wedding.
What do families write on the invitation for Aiburobhat?
Aiburobhat for Riya, Thursday, 12 February, 1 pm lunch, at Didu's house.
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