#OneNight Acting Prince for the #firstnight or #suhagraat. In #Hindu #wedding, most of #ridiculous #rituals and custom are blindly followed by people regardless of their #economic-class / #caste viz., riding/controlling a female horse in #Barat.
How this ridiculous custom was started?
There are lot of myths about its existence.
1. A few hundred years ago, #beautifulgirls in regional emperor circle used to often get kidnapped from their #weddingvenue by a rival clan who would appear on horses. Many horses were kept at the marriage venues to chase the kidnappers.
2. #Brhadaranyaka #Upanishad - A horse represents the senses and controlling or winning over the horse means winning over the 10 senses.
3. #Kathopanishad - It describes the body as the #chariot; the self as its master; #intellect as the charioteer, the mind as the reins and the senses as the horses and the sense-objects as the paths.
4. Horses in #Vedic times symbolize the senses in the body. A female horse is much more ‘moving constantly’ than the male one.
Now days, this is not a prince that is coming on horse to claim his #princess – this is an ignorant young man #overdressed in silks with a fancy non-metal #crown on his head and jewels with a #garland in his neck, pretending he is a prince about to do the laudable act of taking bride against her will.
