NAMASTE INDIANS

JANUARY 2014
AUCKLAND WIDE
INDIANS EVERYWHERE
Traditional
Marriages
Rituals & Beliefs
Self
Management Tips
Health Care
pg 5 pg 10 Delicious
Lemon Cake
Recipe of Month!
pg 14
:A New Chapter of LIFE
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Shubh Vivah
Marriage is meant to be a very sacred union
between two people who have no intenon
of ever becoming emoonally or physically
ed to another person for the rest of
eternity. Indian weddings are very lled with
ritual and celebraon that connue for
several days. Generally anywhere between
100 to 10,000 people aend. Oen, many
of the aendees are unknown to the bride
and groom themselves. Though most Indian
marriages are arranged, some couples in
urban areas consummate "love marriages",
in which the partners decide to marry each
other without family involvement or
assistance. The tradional Indian wedding is
about two families being brought together
socially, with as much emphasis placed on
the families coming closer as the married
A New Chapter of Life
Many wedding customs are common among
Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and even Muslims. They
combine local, religious and family tradions.
The period of Hindu marriage ceremonies
dates from the applicaon(lagan) of lak.
couple.
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Wedding Tradions
Wedding tradions vary across religion,
caste, ethnicity, language, region, etc.
Tradional Indian weddings are generally
structured into prewedding ceremonies,
wedding day ceremonies (consisng of
the Baraat, the Varmala and the Satphere
(Seven Pheres), and the Vidaai. When the
marriage has been agreed upon, the
father of the bri degroom vi si ts the
father of the bride. The day before the
expected arrival of the marriage procession,
lavish preparaons are done by the family to
receive the groom (shaadi ki tayaari) in
beauful and decorated venues, typically
farmhouses or hotel halls, where a sacricial
replace called marhwa is built. Brides
decorate themselves with gold and diamond
jewellery, apply [mehndi] to colour hands
and feet, and undergo various bridal rituals,
including wearing bridal lehenga or saree.
Bridegrooms typically wear a sherwani dress
or a designer suit. To complete the marriage,
the bride and groom walk in a circle (phera)
around the sacricial re.
Vi daai i s when t he br i de i s
formal l y sent to the groom' s
househol d. Many songs have
immortalized this moment when
the bride leaves her 'babul ka ghar'
or father's house. According to Hindu
religious texts, Brahma created man
from the right shoulder and woman
from his le shoulder. A woman is
referred to as Vamangi or one who
is on the le side. Throughout the
marriage ceremony the bride sits
on the right side of the groom.
That is the place for strangers and
acquaintances. Only aer the
Saptpadi, when the bride and
groom have exchanged marital
vows, is the wife seated on the
le side of the man. An example
of the complexity of an Indian
wedding can be seen from the
various phases of a wedding in
North India. The following events
take place in a typical Eastern
Uar Pradesh Hindu marriage.
The bride and groom are told
a b o u t t h e i r d u e s a n d
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with a health problem such as diabetes,
asthma, lung disease, high blood pressure,
high cholesterol, weight issues, kidney
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arthris or other health condions? It is not
always easy to manage these on our own.
We all manage our lives in various ways.
However, regardless of our coping styles,
we will all feel challenged when we nd
oursel ves deal i ng wi th a l ongterm
condion such as diabetes, arthris,
chronic pain, anxiety or depression. It can
be equally distressing when someone we
love needs our support to deal with a
longterm condion.
Having a longterm condion is dierent
from the experience that we have when we
have an acute illness, such as a cold, a
broken bone or an infecon. These illnesses
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When we are treated for an acute
condion, we are oen"cured".
However, a longterm condion is an
illness or disorder that lasts for
months or years. Many longterm
condions are with us for the rest of
our lives. The process of being
diagnosed, receiving treatment,
taking medicaons, changing habits
and the experience of the symptoms
of a longterm condion can feel
overwhelming. We nd that when
dealing with a longterm condion,
even the simplest tasks can feel
dicult. The art of balancing all of
the various demands that are related
to dealing with a longterm condion
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Self Management
The rst task of selfmanagement is to take
care of our medical condion. This refers to
the eort that is required to make medical
appointments, get to the specialist, take
medicaon and follow the advice of our
healthcare professionals. This can require
extra scheduling, me o from work,
nding support for transport and gathering
research and advice about our condion.
The second task is to keep living and do
things that we enjoy. We somemes feel
that having a longterm condion means
that we can't connue to do the things we
enjoy, or that we need to do. We sll need
to get to work, get children to school, get to
the grocery store and do all of those things
that are part of our lives. We may need to
work on feeling more comfortable to ask
others for help and we may need to modify
the way that we do things. For example, if
we love to garden but have too much pain,
we might try using a stool or a cushion to
sll do some work in the garden.
The third task is to deal with all of
the emoons related to the challenge
of having a long termcondion, or
loving someone who has a longterm
condion. It is natural to experience
such emoons such as anger, fear,
frustraon and grief when challenged
by health and mood issues. It is also
i mp o r t a n t t o r e a l i z e t h a t
relaonships are oen changed or
strained by longterm condions.
Learning how to communicate with
family and talk about our feelings is
an important step in managing our
health challenges.
When we have a l ongterm
condion, we not only need to
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need to nd tools and strategies
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LEMON CAKE
226gBuer, 200gCaster sugar, 4 Eggs, 1tsp Vanilla essence,
Zest of one large lemon, 260g Flour, 2tsp Baking powder,
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