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   ocr: WeddigChanr Similarly, the bride wears red, a color believed to bring good fortune. As the procession nears the bride's new home, firecrackers announce its arrival while also discouraging demons. The bride's feet have not been allowed to touch the ground since she was dressed; to do SO risks bad luck. She is helped down from the chair by a woman who has been lucky-one who has not been widowed, and who has several sons. Elaborate weddings such as this were discouraged during the Maoist era, but, with economic and political reforms, they have returned, 3 4