I'm doing a research project and I hardly use the internet so I have difficulty paraphrasing stuff that I find. If you can, please paraphrase the following 3 paragraphs for me. thanks. Rokna or Thaka: Acceptance of the alliance Roka is the first and smallest of the ceremonies, the parents of the bride and the groom solemnize that the son and daughter respectively have been booked for each other. This is a virtual engagement. Sagai: Engagement The actual engagement takes place a few days before the actual wedding. Rings are exchanged between the bride and the groom, in the presence of a religious head, close friends and relatives. The day of the wedding is normally be fixed after the 'sagai'. Chunni Chadana: Dressing up and blessing the bride One day before the wedding the female members of the groom's household go to the bride's home with the 'suhag ki pitari' (a decorated basket containing gifts from the groom's mother for the bride). These gifts usually consists of 'mehendi' (henna), clothes, jewelery, fruits, dry fruits, dried coconut, dried dates, bangles, 'sindoor' (vermilion powder) and a red 'dupatta' or veil. During this ceremony the ladies sing wedding songs to the beat of a 'dholak' or small drum and vail the bride with the traditional red 'dupatta'.
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The Rokna or Thaka is the approval of the bride by the groom's family, and the groom by the bride's family. The Sagai is the actual engagement when rings are exchanged in the presents of a religious figure, family and friends. Following the Sagai the date is formally set for the Chunni Chadana and wedding. The Chunni Chadana comes between the Sagai and the wedding, but is usually the day prior to the wedding. Where the female members of the groom's family (aunts, sisters, etc) take gives from the groom's mother (mother in law to be) to the bride's home. The gifts may be jewelery, fruits, clothing, henna or other such items. During the Chunni Chadana, the groom's female relatives dance around the bride to the beat of a small traditional drum and cover her with a red dupatta, or vail.
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