Mayian

Mayian, also known as Vatna Maiyun, Haldi, or Ubtan, is the term used for the preparation ceremony one day before Punjabi weddings of India and Pakistan.

The prospective bride or groom is seated on a wooden plank called a patri, and a red cloth is held above by four female relatives, while married women of the household and biradari, led by the mother, rub a paste of turmeric, flour and mustard oil on his or her face, arms and legs.

On the morning before the wedding, a ritual of choora or chura is performed at the bride-to-be's residence, involving a set of ivory and red bangles.

Similarly, the bridegroom-to-be also receives a set of clothes called sherwani from his maternal uncles which he, too, wears at the wedding ceremony.

Copper vessels called "gaffers" are decorated with divas (clay lamps), filled with mustard oil, and lit.