[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 258.4 # Storia do Mogor 258.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 258.4 - **Language:** English ### [258.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.4) The bathing finished, the future husband arrays himself as before, and, escorted by his relations to the sound of music, they make for the arbour above mentioned, there to have the business concluded. The bride arrives escorted by her relations, but by a different way from the bridegroom's route. The parents of the bride await him, and throw over him and his following a basketful of uncooked rice mixed with other things. The other side retort by throwing some similar mixture. The same is done to the bride by the relations of both parties. Having arrived at the arbour and performed the sacrifice of worshipping fire, a Brahman appears, who begins by blessing the piece of gold called tally (tali), which the bridegroom has to tie to the bride's neck. He hands it round to be touched by all the respectable persons present. Next he makes it over to the bridegroom, who is by this time seated with his lady-love on a sort of camp-bed covered by a carpet. Then to the sound of trumpets and flutes, the letting-off of matchlocks, and the throwing of squibs into the air, the relations and friends attach the tally (tali) to the bride. In this, as they hold, consists the essential rite of the marriage. - [Previous: 258.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.3) - [Next: 258.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.5) - [Up: 258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.4) · Pramāṇa