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> In India [red] represents purity. Does it? There's a lot of subcultures here, so maybe - can someone from north India confirm if this is a thing there? Here
by sundarurfriend 6y ago
> In India [red] represents purity.
Does it? There's a lot of subcultures here, so maybe - can someone from north India confirm if this is a thing there? Here in south India, there's no such association with purity I can think of. It generally represents danger and anger and such things similar to in the West.
- logicuce 6y agoRed cloth is commonly used in Pooja, and you put Red tika (and rice grains) on forhead. Brides traditionally wear predominantly red clothes for certain ceremonies during wedding. Red, Yellow/Amber, and White are quite common during rituals in North. Are they not in South India?
- sundarurfriend 6y agoSorry, missed this comment till now. > Brides traditionally wear predominantly red clothes for certain ceremonies during wedding. This isn't common in south India (to my knowledge). > Red, Yellow/Amber, and White are quite common during rituals in North. Yellow is the one that stands out to me, and has religious connotations of purity and sacredness, but not red. (White too does, but for non-religious reasons, including associations with Khaddar and with Dhotis.) (From another response:) > All Goddesses wear red colored clothes In my region, the colours change every day (or in some similar regular interval), and red isn't significantly more prominently used than others. I can see a sort of link made via the Kumkum/Tika/Tilaka from red to purity, but honestly that would be a stretch and a pretty unlikely association for someone to make when encountering the colour.
- nautical 6y agoAll Goddesses wear red colored clothes and normally wear Red "Tilaka" ( along with yellow and white sometimes ). It does symbolize purity in a way.
- vhanda 6y agoAn Indian Bride also typically wears red clothes.