Our daughter has a quiet moment to reflect in the midst of the engagement celebration. The wedding day will be a celebration of both our family's Catholic Christian traditions and her fiance's Hindu traditions. For this Hindu engagement blessing she is honoring her future husband's traditions by wearing a bindi (a small jewel that doesn't really show well in the photo) in the center of her forehead. The red marking is a powder (sometimes a paste is used but our girl has sensitive skin!) and is, I think, called "tilak."
Beautiful (your daughter and your portrait)!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful portrait...I love the reflective mood you captured here...just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLorri, these photos of your daughter's engagement ceremony are beautiful, as is your daughter. I really like the one of the designs on here hands and this one, with its soft, romantic feel.
ReplyDeleteHer expression is solemn, showing the signficance of the committment she's making. The phots has a soft, muted aspect to it, but then there's the brightness of the bindi and the red flowers--to me, that seems to symbolize the coming together of the two cultures in a new and hopeful future.
ReplyDeleteYou hava a very beautiful daughter. I wish her well in her future married life. Great photo where you have captured her expression very well.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very beautiful portrait. I love the colors. Your daughter is an extremely beautiful girl.
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