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Nalangu: a guide to the Tamil wedding tradition
A research-led introduction to a term used for varied wedding-related observances, including one community-documented Malaysian example.
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Before the wedding day
Engagements, blessings and gatherings can sit before the wedding day—but their names, meaning and order are shaped by community and family tradition. This collection does not prescribe a single sequence.
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Pre-wedding guides
Tamil traditions · Published
Nalangu: a guide to the Tamil wedding tradition
What is documented, where practice varies, and which questions to take back to your own family.
Tamil traditions · Published
Nichayathartham: a guide to the Tamil engagement tradition
Family customs, thamboolam, rings, timing and the questions that help two families plan one celebration.