Punjabi and Sikh wedding invitation videos

The wording

The card opens with ੴ (Ik Onkar), and many families follow it with ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਿਹ. The ceremony is ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ (Anand Karaj) — not "wedding ceremony", and not "pheras", which is a different rite.

Where the Anand Karaj is at a Gurdwara, the convention is to keep the ceremony card free of figures, dancing and alcohol references, and to invite the reception separately. We build that split into the design rather than asking you to cut things later.

When to send it, and the sequence

The order runs roka, chunni chadhana, sagai, maiyan / haldi, chooda and kalire on the morning, sangeet and jaggo the night before, the Anand Karaj, doli, and the reception.

Send six to eight weeks ahead — Punjabi guest lists are large and frequently international. The jaggo and sangeet invitations often go to a younger, separate list and can be sent later, two to three weeks out.

Motifs that carry meaning

Phulkari — counted darn stitch worked from the reverse of the cloth. Animating it stitch by stitch is accurate, not a flourish.

Chooda and kalire — the red-and-ivory bangles and the hanging gold ornaments. Instantly readable as "bride" to any Punjabi guest.

Dhol — sets the tempo. We cut to a live recording rather than a loop.

Ik Onkar — sacred, and treated as such: never animated playfully, never used as a decorative shape.