This festival marks the celebration of love in a much more loving, traditional fashion than Valentine’s Day ever would. Falling ten days after Vijay Dashmi and ten days before Diwali, the festival of Karwa Chauth celebrates the unique spirit of the woman’s unconditional love for her spouse. Observing a fast for her man and praying for his long life and prosperity, for all married women, Karwa Chauth is synonymous with marital bliss and longevity of their relationship.On this day, women pray together with the traditional thali and diya, and eagerly wait for the moon to appear in the sky. Dressing up during the day forms an essential theme of celebrating the festival, and it’s a common sight to view women clad in luxurious Karwa Chauth dresses and festive sarees, with henna-decked hands, bindis, bangles, and jewelry.
In terms of the color of the Karwa Chauth dresses like sarees and lehengas, the new brides prefer the red and its hues, like auburn, orange, crimson, or pink, while the brides-to-be and those who’ve been married for longer, choose from unusual ones in Karwa Chauth Lehengas, right from turquoise and plum to fuchsia and yellow. Karwa Chauth dresses are created in the choices of fabrics, which range from crepes to georgettes and rich silks, with lush embellishments of zari, patch work, dabka and sequins.
Besides traditional Karwa Chauth sarees, brides-to-be also experiment with different silhouettes in sarees and Lehengas, like Mermaid or Fish Tail Lehengas, Lehenga Sarees, or pre-stitched sarees, the later being prefect for those who find saree draping a tedious affair!
What are you going to wear this Karwa Chauth, to recreate your wedding memories?
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