Some practices in marraiges here

Why is it that very loud music (Nathaswaram, drums etc) are played during marriages here?
Marriage is believed to me one of the most important and happiest moment in a person's life. (Though few may differ with the usage of adjective 'Happy'). Hence it's essential that both bride and the bridegroom and their close relatives and friends get to hear only happy words during the occasion. But then thousands of people attend the marriage and they will have their own conversation going with their friends and during the conversation some words may come up, which could upset the bride/ bridegroom during the time of the happy occasion.

Imagine some one talking in the cellphone angrily saying "Get lost, you will never succeed in life" and bride/ bridegroom gets to over hear that. And it is also practically impossible to request/order all those people who have come to marriage to refrain from using those words. Hence in order to make sure that those words never reach bride/bridegroom, so that they can continue to be in high spirits, loud music is played during marriages.




Why is that marriages are not allowed to take place during the Tamil month 'Marghili' (from mid December to Mid January)? In ancient days, most of the people are farmers. And here in Tamil nadu, the major harvest is done during January, and December to January is supposed to be the busiest month for the farmer. And in those days, marriage means a very long affair, that took up a long time. And if a marriage was scheduled during the busy period, it would cause inconvenience to all those concerned. Relatives would find it very difficult to come to attend the marriage when they were needed to be present in their place looking after their crops. Hence marriage was not allowed to be held during the month of 'Marghili'.



"In Western countries, marriage is between two individuals, in Eastern countries marriage is between two families".