Celebrate your South Asian heritage when planning the most
important event of your life by choosing from today's rich and
varied selection of Indian wedding cards. Judicious use of
updated colors, blended symbols, and invitations which include
both Indian wedding tradition and western-made stationary, inks,
and lettering are among the ways in which modern Indian or South
Asian-Western couples are updating traditional products for
fresh and elegant results.
Historically, a wedding required two sets of cards; the groom's
family would have a set printed to send to immediate family and
friends, while the bride's family required a set of their own.
This was a function of the traditional arranged marriage, where
the two families were completely unfamiliar with each others'
friends and families.
Today, young South Asian couples or those with differing
heritages agree upon a single invitation which they send out
together to a joint guest list. They can choose from the formal
to casual western styles of stationers such as Hallmark, to the
customizable paper products of such made-to-order card companies
as Moonpig, to the rich, handmade papers and elaborate
traditional designs of South Asian producers like Parekh Cards.
Couples can find nearly any type of wedding cards they can
imagine. By preserving a touch of historic culture in the fabric
of their modern-day wedding landscape, couples communicate their
commitment to their roots and to each other at the same time.
Traditionally, South Asian weddings are elaborate, colorful, and
ornate; couples can reflect these qualities with their choice of
beautiful hand made paper, updated colors, and a touch of
sparkle while incorporating such personalizations as their own
engagement photo, and their own wording.
Honor Tradition But Honor Each Other
Blended couples from different cultural backgrounds have created
some innovative hybrid weddings. If you and your intended are a
South Asian/Western pair, a fun way to bring both cultures
together is by combining meaningful wedding symbolism to create
something completely new. Why not embellish a stylized Ganesh
with a wedding bell for a very modern, blended design? How about
choosing a beautiful, traditional wedding scrolls in an updated
color, such as turquoise or fushia?
Consider your cultural wedding traditions as the palette upon
which you and your intended fill in those hues and nuances which
turn the beauty and depth of the tradition into something
uniquely your own.