Note 574 — Chapter I

At the time of a marriage, women make the auspicious mark on the forehead of the bridegroom and carry a lāman-divo574 to fetch ukardi.574 For nine days preceding the date of marriage the bride and the bridegroom are besmeared with pithi or yellow turmeric powder, when auspicious songs are recited by a party of women invited to witness the ceremony. When the bridegroom reaches the entrance of the marriage bower, he is welcomed there by his mother-in-law, who carries him on her hip to his seat in the marriage booth.575