R.E Coursework - Sikh Marriage

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R.E Coursework - Sikh Marriage

What is the importance of a Sikh Marriage?

1) Describe a Sikh wedding ceremony

2) How do the words and actions in a Sikh marriage ceremony guide Sikhs in the way they live their lives

3) What is you view of arranged marriage? You must refer to Sikhism in your answer and show that you have considered other view points

Expect among some westernised subgroups in the larger Indian cities social mixing between the sexes is restricted, even in co-educational schools. Also, the joint or extended family system is still the Indian norm. It is in this context, which can only be referred to in passing in this piece of coursework, that Sikh marriage must be understood. Marriage, traditionally, is not a private matter between two persons. Through the couple two families become closely connected and into one family comes a stranger, the wife. She has therefore to be compatible not only with her husband but with his parents, brothers, their wives and his unmarried sisters. Ideally the marriage is based upon love, the love of both families for their offspring.

Social status and monetary advantage, if they