Shagan
(Kurmayaee)  
The bride's past and present becomes the bridegroom's past and present. Her present becomes his and his hers. They feel and think alike and both are completely identified with each other, i.e., they become 'Ek Jot Doe Murti' meaning one spirit in two bodies. Sometimes before the wedding day another

important ceremony called Kurmayaee or Shagan takes place usually at the bridegroom's house or the Gurdwara.It is a formal engagement ceremony involving a promise to marry and an exchange of rings and other presents. But the word Kurmayaee literally means the coming or the meeting of the parents of both the boy and the girl, and this shows the importance attached to the union of the two families.

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