Raina + Syed - Holud Ceremony



Ceremony: Cary Senior Center

What a fabulous ceremony! Raina and Syed celebrated their Gaye Holud at the Cary Senior Center the evening before their wedding. Holud, which translates to tumeric, is a traditional ceremony celebrated in the Bengali culture. A special tumeric paste is applied to the faces of the bride and groom and said to beautify. The families and friends of the bride and groom also visit them one by one and feed them traditional sweets to start off their new life in a "sweet state".

The colors, details, sweets, and gifts were wonderful to photograph. Everything was so beautiful and bold! Raina was glowing and looked absolutely stunning, while Syed looked like the happiest man on Earth! It was an honor to document this event!


Holud Collage

Groom's entrance

Entering Bride

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Little boy with flute

Excitement

Happiness

Happy Guests

Tumeric

Rose

Bride + Groom

Beauty

Henna

Gifts

Tumeric

Tumeric

Feeding of Sweets

Tumeric

Tumeric

Tumeric Smear!

Cleaning up

Look

Tumeric Application

Cleaning up!

Beautiful Raina

61 comments:

Megan said...

WOW! what a beautiful occassion!

Anonymous said...

Congrats hun!

lilnasia said...

O Raina, you looked so beautiful!

Unknown said...

lovely people and lovely pictures!

Sharmin Islam said...

Love all the pictures! Thank you again for letting us be a part of your special day. It meant so much to us. XOXO

Shassata said...

Great pictures!!!

JayZ said...

Chica Boom, yo!

Unknown said...

Nice quality!

Chimichanga said...

Thats whats up

Irteza said...

Great photography skills! Love how the photographer captured the colors!

Sobia said...

GORGEOUS!!!! Thank you for letting us be a part of this :)

BrwnSuperman said...

You guys look so awesome. I'm so happy for the both of you!

Shazia said...

So beautiful!

afshin said...

what bold imagery. just breathtaking.

Anonymous said...

wow so nice pictures

Pinky_Mushtaq said...

Beautifully captured event, Raina. We had lots of fun and thank you for inviting us.

Average said...

This blog posts combines two of my favorite things in the world - fine photography and Rainy.

Sabiha said...

Hey Raina and Syed! Jameel and I had a great time at your wedding. Thanks for the invite. Your pictures turned out amazing! We should all get together when Sindy gets into town!

Nureena said...

These turned out to be so lovely!

yasmeen said...

One of the best days of my life is captured!!! I love my babies!!!

Deena Ammu said...

I really like these pictures! I want to see more pictures of Raina and Rifat.

ammu said...

Wow!!! I want to see more pictures of Rifat and Raina like this!!!

Sohrab family said...

Dear Raina,
Thanks for the invite and sending us the beautiful pictures. I and family members was looking carefully each and every photograph. It’s amazed us to see how the photographs captured natural colors, traditional design of our cultural things like nakshikata and memorial moments of the whole event. We love all the pictures. It’s one of the best marriage ceremony pictures we ever saw. Lovely people lovely pictures. Thanks to Yasmen bhabi for wonderful collections of all the deshi cultural and traditional items like dress, jewelry, nakshikhata etc.We love every thing..We think Amenda alson photography has special photography skills. The Website also professionally designed and awesome. Thank you again for letting us be a part of your special day. We ask Allah SWT to bless you and Syed and make you happy for rest of the life with blessing and peace.
Best regards,
Rahat
Nabila
Jannatul aunty
And Sohrab Uncle

Ashraf Ahmed said...

Pictures are so beautiful that I wish I could marry my wife all over again!

Eloquence said...

Wonderful occasion! The pictures truly capture the stunning aura of this beautiful ceremony.

Reza Haque said...

This site is a thing of beauty.

It's a joy for ever.

Teefa said...

It's so amazing to see these pictures Raina Apu! (and Takashi bhaia)--I cannot get over how beautiful you two looked at the ceremonies. Amanda did a great job :)

Danny Mango said...

Your pictures look amazing you look so beautiful

carlita88 said...

Wow Raina this looked awesome! I wish I could have been there!

ZachMan said...

Indian weddings are freaking awesome

beeeeeeeeeeeethan said...

I had a great time!!! I am so glad your family got out of the way so your photographer could take pictures too ;-)

Anonymous said...

Looks like you had an amazing day! You look so beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Mesmerizing!

Anonymous said...

How beautiful.

Aurora said...

Looks like your family worked really hard on this beautiful occasion. I hope you haven't stopped thanking them!

Mithila said...

We enjoyed so much in your wedding, why did it end?

Kaniz said...

:: Wonderful Picture ::

Kevin said...

Congrats, Raina! You look beautiful!!!

XG said...

raina you are always the best!

Anonymous said...

Dear Raina and Syed,
These pictures seem to capture the feeling of excitement and friendship that I felt by being there!
Shelley

Unknown said...

What incredible photos!! I couldn't imagine a more beautiful wedding!! Or a more beautiful bride!! :)

MESO said...
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OOyshee said...

Awesome Pics!

Unknown said...

Raina is my fav :-) Beautiful!

Unknown said...

just the perfect wedding

Sony Apu said...

Gorgeous pictures.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful couple!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!!!1

Anonymous said...

God Bless!

Anonymous said...

yay wedding!!!

Najmul Chowdhury said...

Congratulations Raina! your picture says it all. You are looking very pretty on your Halud and you have established that Halud can be so vibrant and imaginative. Thanks for the invite!

Val said...

Congrats, Raina! :) Val

Tood said...

Happy new life! :)

shirin said...

so glad i came to see you and ur husband :)

Unknown said...

Raina-
It was very delightful to see your beautiful pictures. I wish you the very best in your marital life.
Rani Auntie

Unknown said...

As-salaamu'alaikum Raina!! These pictures were amazing and you look so beautiful!!! Your photographer is awesome :D Thank you so much for inviting us. We had a blast :D
-Soha

Anonymous said...

Stunning photos Raina! We'll treasure the memories for ever.

Jui said...

great picture! love you bhaia and bhabi :)

Jim T said...

Beautiful pictures, Raina!

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