Wedding Reception Tips

Tips For Planning A Great Wedding Reception
By Gabriel Adams


A wedding reception is the party that is held after a wedding
ceremony. These parties have become very important parts to any
wedding. They allow members of each family to get together and
converse with one another.

To make your wedding even more memorable you should plan a good
wedding reception. The most important thing to have for any
reception is to have the right kind of atmosphere. Get some
nice round tables and position them equally around a large
room. This will allow each guest to be seated equally from each
other and allow them to walk around and greet other guests
without too much of a hassle.

When seating the bride, groom, and their families you can use
raised square tables that allow them to take an "honor
position." It is after all their big day and they should be
remembered in it. This also allows anyone who wants to greet
them to be able to line past them, shake hands, and give
congratulations.

You should also consider having some food available in your
reception. Having a well catered meal and a nice serving of
drinks, alcoholic and nonalcoholic will make everyone happy. If
you don't want to go with a full meal you should at least
considerer serving some hors d'oeuvres.

Another thing that should be considered is music. This helps
lighten the mood and gives people something to concentrate on
when not in conversation. Good music can help set the theme of
the whole night.

Lastly a fun and exciting thing to do is to get pictures and
videos of the bride and grooms life and put them together in a
video. This allows guests to get a glimpse into the former
lives of the bride and groom. It also allows the couple to see
what they were and to make their new lives something better,
together.

Whatever you decide to do when planning a reception always make
sure the bride and groom approves the designs. It is their big
day and things should go according to what they want.

Saree For Party Time

Parties play an important role in social life of an individual and if he/she belongs to any professional sector than it becomes vital to prosperous for the betterment of society. In parties people specially noticed you in order to understand you and your nature, they noticed your way to communicate, your thoughts and feelings and most importantly you’re dressing. Dressing reveals your personality traits and it shows your likeness, dislikes and many more important things that people want to know about you.
Women keep their dressing up to date and according to trend and fashion. Cultural and modern both types of dresses can be wear in parties but if one dress gives you both benefits than why not wear such.
Today we will presents some gorgeous prints and styles of Indian Sarees those can be wear in any type of parties.This gorgeous simple silk saree can wear in wedding parties because the style and color scheme suits. Simple short length blouse has half sleeve pattern. Casual outfit of saree gives this a splendid look with little embroidery work at border. Silver built-in embroidery stylish tiny objects on fabric also give shiny look to the Indian saree dress.
This Indian saree designs has beautiful work of motif and zaree, which makes this weding dress. Modern and stylish shoulder less saree blouse looks so beautiful with this Indian Saree for party. Fish tail outfit is being preferred by the designer for this Indian Saree for parties.
Following Indian Party-wear Sarees are the best fit for wedding parties for married girls. Both the Indian sarees have modern look and fancy embroidery work with different type of modern blouse style. Both off white and red colors are the most demanding colors in Indian saree dresses.This superb style of saree can be use in wedding and anniversary parties as well. The style and the design of saree fabric is looking so pretty and worth stylish. Color scheme of this Indian saree for parties is also superb.
Sleeve less blouse with round neck style has casual length which looks good. Saree pallu has splendid style and design along with thread embroidery of different color looks so pretty. Lace strip at lower border of saree pallu gives uniqueness of style to this Indian Saree dress for parties.This cultural modern outfit looks amazing. Designer modified this Indian Cultural design and outfit according to the new and latest style. Multi color rajhastani design and outfit of this saree can be wearing in wedding parties and also in some cultural celebrations. V shape neck style saree blouse has sleeve less pattern.
This gorgeous Indian Saree can be wear in night parties. It is simple but still attractive. Fish skin style looks so gorgeous and decent. Silver lace strip having floweral design is being used as a border to nourish these Indian Sarees for party. Shoulder less simple and small saree blouse is being paired with this Indian Saree by the designers.
This black Indian Saree can be used in night parties, wedding and birthday parties, because it is gorgeous and gives simple casual look. This Indian Saree also has some thread embroidery work of different color at the border of saree which gives amazing look to this Indian Saree. Modern and stylish pattern of blouse is being paired with this beautiful Indian Saree.
This black silk Indian saree is best fit for night parties. Saree has beautiful flowers embroidered on the fabric which gives colorful and attractive look to this Indian Saree. V shape stylish neck style along sleeve less blouse style looks so beautiful.Following modern and stylish Indian sarees can be wear in Mehndi, and different type of cultural parties organizes to have fun. All the Indian Sarees have different type of styles and outfits with gorgeous and stylish looks and color schemes.
This black Indian saree has modern type of blouse style which looks so amazing and beautiful. Saree design is also superb.
This casual style and outfit Indian saree is best as a mendhi occasion dress because it has favorite color and style.
Modern shaped blouse style looks so pretty as well. Collar style looks amazing with sleeve less pattern. The Indian saree has beautiful embroidery work as well. All these Indian saree designs are taken from cbazaar just for sharing latest Indian Saree fashion

source:http://www.nainlove.com/indian-saree-design-sarees-for-party.html

Sexy Nose Ring Style

The most common ornament that most of the women like to wear for getting great looks is the ring. Ring is one of the main ornament which provides a complete gorgeous look to the woman. There are several types of rings available in the market. The types of rings are- lip rings, nose rings, ear rings etc. All these rings are very popular and are easily available in the market.Girls and young womens look sexy and also looking hot to wearing of differents nose rings.The nose rings gained its popularity in the medieval age. It was considered as the status symbol among the women of that age. There are several types of nose rings available in the market and the range is so wide that one can get lots of varieties in them easily. Nose rings are basically made up of several metals such as gold, silver, copper and diamond. They are decorated by the precious stone and the special gems as well to give the classy look. The combination of the stone and the designed metal gives a great look to the person who is wearing it. Apart from all this the nose rings are very comfortable to wear as well.
There are some different types of nose rings available in the market known as the clutching nose ring. These special types of nose rings are very comfortable and are easy to wear. In addition they look very nice on the person wearing them. These rings are very easy to use as they don’t require painful piercing. So there are several nose rings available that are best to provide the looks that you long for!
The lower class women mostly wore copper or bronze nose studs or rings. A nose ring is another body jewelry that you can use and wear for your face. There is nothing more elegant and spunky that a nose ring to a pretty face. Septum is one of the types of nose ring which is put not on the side wall of the nose rather on the middle partition of nose.Nose rings have originated in India, though these are not very compulsory to wear, women who do not want to pierce their noses use ones with the clips.

source:http://cute.girls-fashions.com/jewelry/look-sexy-with-nose-rings#more-1949

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week begins

Scheduled for 4, 5, 6 Feb 2011

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week, informally labeled as South Asia’s only international fashion week begins its final countdown to another edition. The most awaited and highly anticipated event is scheduled to take place on 4,5 and 6 February 2011 at the Hilton Grand Ballroom.

This year’s event will feature 22 Sri Lankan fashion designers and labels alongside 12 reputed international designers.

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week is a not-for-profit event that is committed to uplifting Sri Lanka’s fashion design industry. It aims at guiding and incubating young and potential designers and creates retail and marketing opportunities for established and new designers by providing a platform to interact with reputed international designers, media and independent retail buyers.

This initiative also deals with the related fields of local fashion retail, crafts and workshops, like Batik, Beeralu and weaver communities.

“Every year we give ourselves bigger objectives and then work through the year to achieve them, this helps us maintain direction to take the Sri Lankan fashion design industry on to a bigger platform. We want Sri Lankan fashion designers to be commercially successful, showcasing in international fashion weeks, retailing in international markets and have a successful local retail network in Sri Lanka. We are not very far from that.” Says Ajaiy Virr Singh, President, Colombo Fashion Week.
In 2010, HSBC Colombo Fashion Week’s MOUs with 5 international fashion weeks; namely Miami Fashion Week, Russia Fashion Week, Malaysia Fashion Week, Dubai Fashion Festival and Pakistan Fashion Week, went into implementation. As a result, a few selected Sri Lankan designers got the opportunity to showcase their collections at these prestigious events. Kanchana and Fouzal Hameed were two of the lucky recipients of this initiative.

HSBC, the title sponsor of the event has been associated with Colombo Fashion Week since 2008 for the fourth year running.

Continuing to bolster the HSBC Colombo Fashion Week as its Title Sponsor, HSBC’s Chief Executive Officer, for Sri Lanka and Maldives, Nick Nicolaou stated, “The HSBC Colombo Fashion Week has become a much looked forward to event by our high networth customers and we are indeed delighted to be associated with such a remarkably prestigious fashion extravaganza. There is immense potential among our local designers and this event creates the platform for them to become commercially successful and showcase their creativity beyond the ramp. We look forward to another successful event and hope the local fashion industry will be taken to greater heights with opportunity given to new as well as existing designers.”

The highlight of this year’s HSBC Colombo Fashion Week is the launch of South East Asia’s first ethical fashion week. Titled FASHION ETHICAL, to be launched on the second day of the HSBC Colombo Fashion Week, is a collaborative effort of ethical representation from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. Sri Lanka will be the hub for Fashion Ethical, which will then create a platform for other countries in the region to follow suit, with India being the next destination.

In addition to the renowned international designers who are regulars at the show; such as Bibi Russell from Bangladesh, Rizwan Beyg from Pakistan and Agatha Ruiz De La Prada from Spain there will be new faces Like Alecca Carrano and Dimitris Zoz from Italy, The Ultra from Malaysia, Suneet Varma, Gaurav Gupta, Samant Chauhan Masaba from India and Laskala from Russia.

“We believe in the potential of Sri Lanka’s fashion design industry and its related arts and crafts. Over the years CFW has provided a tremendous platform for local fashion entrepreneurs and Sri Lanka Apparel supports this initiative once again” said A.Sukumaran, Chairman, Sri Lanka Apparel.

The local designer line up is by far the largest that we have had yet with twenty-two local designers showcasing. In addition to the regulars such as Darshi of Buddhi Batik fame, Kanchana and Yolande, there will also be collections from Fahad Sherrif of Middle Finger, Fouzul Hameed of FH Studio, Stringhopper, LICC, Acushla, Pearly King, and Sarani to name a few.

Every year HSBC Colombo Fashion Week conducts workshops and this year the British Council has partnered as the knowledge partner to bring Sally Denton, Managing Director, The Trend Boutique (UK) Ltd to speak on:

• Trends – Overview of how trends work, how to identify, key references & how to adapt for own market. Followed by an overview of key fashion & textile trends

• Business Support for New Designer Labels – How to identify market, key areas of running own label, PR & marketing, how to approach buyers

HSBC Colombo Fashion Week is not complete without the support of its valued partners HSBC – The world’s local bank, Colombo Jewelry Stores, Sri Lanka Apparel, DHL, Sri Lanka Tourism, Sri Lankan Airlines, Hilton Colombo, Avirate, Odel, Hameedias, Alpha Orient, Ramani Fernando Salons, Video Image and G2

source:http://www.dailymirror.lk/entertainment/151-entertainment-main/9209-countdown-to-hsbc-colombo-fashion-week-begins.html

The Hindu Wedding

The Hindu Wedding Significance
The Hindu marriage symbolizes the physical and especially the spiritual union of man and woman. The rituals of the Hindu marriage ceremony, highlight the interdependence and the complementary nature of man and wife relationship. The maathorupahan or Arthanareeswarar, the half male half female representation of Shiva and Shakthi, in Hindu cosmogony emphasizes this ideal of man and wife relationship in such union.

Venerated even as Shiva and Shakthi, the bride and groom sit elevated in a space the priest sanctifies for divine intervention in the solemnization. The priest and guests traditionally sit on the floor as equals with the idols of divinity. As tradition would have it, all events related to the wedding are usually on a day and at a time rendered auspicious by planetary positions.

Nitchaya Thampoolam - Hindu Engagement
Though Hindu marriages are traditionally arranged, marriage by consent, the bride and groom choosing one another, is also a trend. Nitchaya thampoolam which follows the choice is the Hindu engagement. Thampoolam or Vetrilai (betel leaf) and its complement Paakku (betel nut) are ceremoniously exchanged with other gifts at the bride's residence announcing the betrothal.

Ponn Urukku - Gold Melting Ceremony
A significant occasion a few weeks beofre the wedding is the Ponn Urukku ceremony attended by parents and the elders at which the groom presents a gold coin to the family goldsmith for its ritual meltdown to fashion the Thaali - the bridal pendant.

Maapillai Alaippu- Conducting Groom to the Hall
At the appointed time on the wedding day, the Tholan the best man), the bride's brother, with a following of relatives made up of wedded pairs, sets off for the groom's house. There, he places the thalaipa (turban) on the groom's head and escorts him to the wedding hall accompanied by the groom's family, relatives and friends.

Maapillai Varavetpu - Welcoming the Groom
The wedding commences with the arrival of the groom and his retinue at the wedding hall. the Tholi (the bride's maid), the groom's married sister, bears the Koorai (the bridal saree) and the Thaali. at the entrance to the wedding hall, which represents the bride's residence, her parents welcome the groom with the flower garland.

The Tholan wets the groom's feet with the Chempu (a bronze vessel) of water, a gesture lavished on an honoured guest, and he in in return rewarded with a gold ring for his good grace. Two ladies representing the bide and the groom perform Aarathi to ward off the evil eye with banana-wick lamps on a tray. Thereafter, to the accompaniment of Nathswaram ( a wind instrument) and Thavil ( a percussion instrument) the Tholan and the bride's parents lead the groom to the Manavarai, the flower festooned nuptial seat, where the priest awaits to perform the ceremony.

source:http://www.manaali.com/index.php?p=hindu&id=2

The Hindu Wedding

The Poruwa Siritha-Sri lanka wedding

The Poruwa Siritha (Poruwa Ceremony) appears to have existed in Sri Lanka before the introduction of Buddhism in the 3rd Century B.C.

Through the ages, many innovations have been introduced to the Poruwa Siritha. By and large, the men and women of present day society realize the value of their heritage and are motivated to protect and preserve something of their past for posterity.

The Poruwa Siritha was as valid custom as a registered marriage until the British introduced the registration of marriages by Law in 1870. Today's Poruwa Ceremony has been influenced by both upcountry and low country customs of Sri Lanka.

The bridegroom and party assemble on the left of the Poruwa and the bridal party on the right. The bride and groom enter the Poruwa leading with the right foot. They greet each other with palms held together in the traditional manner.

Shilpadhipathi (master of ceremonies) presents a hand of betel leaves to the couple, which they accept and jand back to him to be placed on a height of the Poruwa.This symbolises the offering of betel to gods. The bride's father places the right hand of the bride on that of the groom as a symbolic gesture of handing over the bride to the bridegroom.

The groom's brother hands a tray to the groom with seven sheaves of betel leaves with a coin placed in each. The groom holds the tray while the bride takes one sheaf at a time and drops it on the Poruwa. The groom repeats this process. This is a custom carried out to remember seven generations of relatives on each side.

The groom's brother hands a chain to the groom who in turn places it on the bride's neck.

The bride's maternal uncle enters the Poruwa, ties the small fingers of the bride and groom with a gold thread and then pours water over the fingers. Water and earth being the eternal verities, the water so poured and the earth on which it falls are intended to be the lasting witnesses to the marriage. The uncle then turns the couple clockwise, three times, on the Poruwa.

Next the groom presents to his bride a white cloth which in turn is presented to the bride's mother. This is an expression of the groom's gratitude to his mother-in-law for bringing up his bride.

Next, the groom's mother will present the going away saree to the groom. The groom hands it over to the bride and she in turn gives it to her mother.

The bride's mother will then present a plate of milk rice and kavum, cooked with special ingredients befitting a marriage ceremony, to the bride who feeds a piece of each to the bridegroom. The bridegroom feeds the bride in return.

As the newly weds step down from the Poruwa, helped by a couple from the bridegroom's party, Shilpathipathi breaks a coconut in two.

The bridal couple lights a brass oil lamp to signify their resolve to keep the home fires burning.
(Compiled and presented by Mr. K. N. Godage)

source:http://www.manaali.com/index.php?p=buddhist&id=2

Sri lanka wedding video

Lux Gallardo Fashon Show 2010

Lux Gallardo Everyday Fashion for Youth was held at Queens Hotel Kandy recently. It was sponsored by Lux Bodywash. Pictured here is the hottest model catwalk in this show.

source:http://srilankan-star.blogspot.com/2010/07/lux-gallardo-fashion-show.html

Chandani Bandara-Chalmway

Chandani Bandara is a well-known professional Hair & Beauty Consultant and a mentor with her exceptional abilities. A much- admired personality and sought after beautician, she has made several guest appearances on popular National Television programmes and other local Television stations catering to hair, beauty and fashion and has been featured on many occasions on popular programmes on radio and print media as well.

Most of the media stations took her specialised knowledge on beauty care, beauty secrets and hints for better discerning, for modern and beauty conscious, feminine world.

Her specialisation does not end there; it incorporates the total concept of feminine non-surgical face lifting, beauty-facials, make-up, hair treatments, pedicures, bridal dressings, and implausible presentations.

She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in the Institute of Natural Sciences in Canada and has followed professional courses in hair & beauty care in USA, Canada, UK, Singapore, and Bangkok. She was the only Sri Lankan representative in the Hair & Beauty of America - 2003 and American SPA Expo – 2004 in New York, USA. And she is an active member of National Cosmetology Association of USA. She manages her own salons in Nugegoda, Mt. Lavinia and at the Hotel “The-Blue-Water”, Wadduwa and counts almost 10 years experience in the field of hair & beauty care.

source:http://www.chalmway.net