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Indian weddings (1st of 4)

Indian weddings

Jayesh and Manisha Morar are pictured at their Hindu wedding at Wellington in January 1998. Manisha wears a sharara wedding dress of red – a colour that symbolises life, joy, energy, abundance, fertility and marital bliss.

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Nancy Swarbrick. 'Indians', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/indians/6/3/1