Being a part of an Indian wedding is a delight to watch all the significant rituals and customs. It is fun to be a part of an Indian wedding ceremony with the traditions and customs that are rich in culture and vivacious. The customs of Haldi, Mehandi, Sangeet, are performed with full enthusiasm. The siblings, cousins, dear friends and relatives enjoy every minute of these auspicious customs with bride and groom to be.

Unlike the pre wedding customs, post wedding rituals are also celebrated with full of life by everyone. These post wedding rituals give the bridesmaid and groom’s family and relatives a chance to break the ice in between them and a fresh kick start with the tip exerts happens among them. One such fun filled and desi traditional wedding ritual is Juta Chupai or Juta Churai which is a much-awaited ritual after the Saat phere or Saptapadi.

This post wedding ritual is a prank planned by the bride’s sisters and friends. While the bride and groom are busy in performing the wedding rituals like Kanyadaan or Saat phere, the bride’s sister steals the shoes of the bridegroom and hide them in a safe place and demands a huge sum of money or gift in lieu of it. This sweet deal between the groom and his sister in law is the most interesting aspect of any Indian wedding. Negotiations go on till the groom agrees to pay that specific amount requested by bride’s sisters to take his shoes back.

This “jute do paise lo” crazy prank has become a must have Indian custom during the wedding ceremony after the hectic nuptials are over and make everyone giggles and share laughs before the sentimental Vidaai ceremony. This lovely wedding ritual results as a fun filled wedding rituals that not only helps to strengthen the bond between bride and groom but also helps to build up the relationship stronger of both the families.

There are lots of Bollywood songs which have adored the Joota Chupai rasam or get the shoes back by giving some gifts as sweet gestures in return. This traditional ritual of Joote Churai amidst sweet nok jhok helps in building a strong between everyone. But here goes one little tip for the handsome groom. Choose your shoes or Jutis with utmost care as everyone is running behind your shoes. Few, people to steal them and others to protect them from the eyes of bride’s family.