Feasts may be common to betrothal ceremonies of all communities in all regions. But shaking hands and fixing a marriage over the meals may be a custom unique to the Vaduka community living across Palakkad district.
The engagement practice called ‘Paranjoonu’ (telling over lunch) suddenly became a topic of curious share and discussion on social media recently when R. Rajakumaran, an art lover who makes a living through bottled water distribution, posted a video.
The video showing five senior members of a bride’s and a groom’s family attending a Paranjoonu function could evoke anyone’s curiosity about the custom. “It has been a custom followed by our community for generations,” said K.C. Mani, Kanjikode unit secretary of the Vaduka Samudaya Samskarika Samiti (VSSS).
