Valakappu, Valaikappu, is a special ceremony held by some
South Indian communities to honor the women expecting her first baby. Valaikappu
literally means ‘bangle guard’ or ‘bangle protection.’
The ceremony is symbolically associated with positivity,
love, joy, marital bliss, prosperity and peace.
The ceremony is usually performed around the seventh month
of pregnancy.
In the ceremony, all the women of the household and the neighborhood
assemble with lots of colorful glass bangles and mother to be is seated, bathed
and adorned with innumerable bangles covering both her hands.
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