Our Services
Our goal is to deliver you the best service in the industry. We offer all types of wedding photography, portraits shots, commercial photography, product photography and events. If you have something in mind that is not listed, we are more than happy to help.
Our company is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance. The entire team is committed to meeting those needs & as a result a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals.
With many years experience of Photographing various cultures around Asia in countries including Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, & Bali it has warmed our hearts to continue to Photograph within our own Community of Multicultural Melbourne. Introducing Hindi Weddings, Gujarati Weddings, Sikh Weddings, Punjabi Weddings, Bengali Weddings, & Sri Lankan Weddings to our Portfolio.
We have decided to take advantage of our own backyard and include Australia's multicultural melting pot of our own community.
We feel its important that Chillispice Photography embraced these traditions, with understanding Eastern Cultures & Capturing moments that are valuable, that should not be missed with an unfamiliar eye.
We are pleased to announce our second shooter/assistant that speaks fluent Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, and is well versed with Indian/Pakistani traditions and customs.
We offer modern storybook digital albums- coffee table book and traditional albums.
Outlined below are some of these traditions, that are seen in the Weddings that we have covered. We welcome the opportunity to earn your trust & deliver to you a level of service second to none.
We have taken the time to outline two of our Popular Ceremonies, that those without Cultural understanding would be unable to deliver those important moments & easily miss them.
Tea Ceremony(Groom & Bride serve wine to the parents)
While tea has always been an essential part of Vietnamese life, for commoners Vietnamese tea culture never became as complex or bogged down with rituals as its counterparts in Japan or China. Nevertheless, a traditional wedding is about the only time in a Vietnamese person's life that a formal tea ceremony is essential.
In The Vietnamese Wedding the Groom and the Bride in front of all their family and friends will serve tea (or wine) to their parents. Their parents would take turns to give their blessing, advice about marriage and family to the couple and give the newly wedded valued gifts such as money in a red envelop.
The groom then pours tea for the couple, first into one large bowl then into one cup for bride. They drink the tea as they are watched closely by their family and friends. The offer and acceptance of tea is a very important ritual in Vietnamese culture. It denotes the commencement of important interactions and events.
The tea is prepared specially by the host, and to refuse tea is considered an affront.
HINDU MARRIAGE CEREMONY
Om Bhur Bhuvah Swah. Tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi, dhio yo nah prachodayat.
O Supreme Lord, the Source of Existence, Intelligence and Bliss, Creator of the Universe!
May we prove worthy of thee. May we meet thy glorious grace. Mayest Tho be the unerring Guide of our minds, and may we follow Thy lead into Righteousness.
Om asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, Mrityorma mritam gamaya.
O Supreme Spirit! Lead us from untruth to truth. Lead us from darkness to light,
Lead us from death to immortality.
“Of all the religious ceremonies which a Hindu is enjoined to perform according to the precepts of Hindu Scriptures, that of marriage assumes the greatest importance. It is a ceremony whereby two souls unite spiritually, mentally and physically in the sacred bonds of Holy matrimony.”
1. Archan and Arghyadan (Welcome to the Bridegroom.)
The bride welcomes the groom in this ceremony, and she is introduced to her first duties of a wife. The bride offers the groom a seat by a way of welcome and she gives him water to wash his hands and face.
2. Madhuparka:
In this ceremony the groom is given sour milk mixed with ghee and honey.
3. Kanya Grahan (Acceptance of the bride.)
In this stage the bride’s parents take her hand and place it in the groom’s hand.
4. Presentation of Gifts to the bride.
The groom next presents the bride with clothing and jewellery and welcomes her.
5. Yajna (Sacred Fire) and Prayer.
The bride and groom proclaim that they accept each other in marriage and they garland each other.Thereafter, the sacred fire of marriage is lit and prayers to God are offered.
The bride and groom chant Vedic Mantras as prayer to God with full faith, and become ready to fulfil their marriage vows and obligations.
6. Panigrahan (Hand clasping to take Vows).
Next, the bride takes the groom’s right hand in hers. With this gesture they repeat Vedic prayers and they take sacred vows to live all the lives as husband and wife.
The bride and groom take oaths of loyalty, faithfulness and purity to their married life, and promise to remain devoted to one another in all conditions of life, happiness and misery.
These vows bring about spritual and mental unity between the two.
7. Shilarhan (Stepping on the Stone)
Here the bride places her foot on a stone. Just as a rock remains unshaken under any kind of storm, so bride and groom resolve to live according to rules of Dharma through all vicissitudes of life.
8. Lawahom (Paddy offering into the scared fire).
The bride and groom join the palms of their hands together into which the bride’s brother places some popped paddy which they offer into the fire.
This vow points out that a householder’s true duty is to rise above selfishness.
9. Pradakshina (Encircling the Sacred Fire).
With the ‘Lawahom’ offerings, the bride and groom encircle Yajna four times.
Reciprocal prayers for mutual long life, health, wealth and constructive activities are offered in front of the sacred fire.
10. Saptapadi and Granthi-Bandhan (Taking the Seven Steps and tying the Matrimonial Knot)
During the ‘Seven Steps’ ceremony the couple take steps, one by one, chanting a Mantra at each step in order to become happily married. They pray to God for a good and constructive life consisting of the following elements: Food and Nourishment, Physical Fitness,Education, culture and wealth,General domestic happiness and spiritual peace in the home, Procreation, Health & Friendship between them and all.
11. Jalsinchan (Sprinkling of Water)
Next, the groom’s brother sprinkles water on the heads of the bride and groom. Water is the symbol of purity and sanctity.
12. Purnahuti and Ashirvad (Completion of Yajna and Blessing of the Wedded Couple)
Finally the bride and broom perform the end part if the Yajna. After this, elders and friends stand up to Bless the couple with longevity, good fortune and happiness by showering flowers on them.
This final ceremony formally establishes for the couple, the married state.
This then is the Hindu Marriage Ceremony. It indicates clearly that it is to be performed on a highly spiritual level and in a spiritual atmosphere.
Marriage is not a social contract. Marriage is regarded as union of two souls to help each other in spiritual evolution.
You have been brought together by the Lord to serve the world in a manner strong yet soft, just and kind, powerful and benevolent at the same time. You are no longer two independent beings, but one integrated personality, united by firm resolve to supplement and complement each other in every aspect of life divine.
OM SHANTI
Photographer: Rohan
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