What is the use for the yellow mixture they put on the bride in an indian wedding?

You know the yellow creamy thing they apply it usually on an indian brides hands.. i want to know why and what does it do?

HALDI !!! Its is the indian name for turmeric and it is a very strong antibiotic . In the olden times the people who got married did not have access to good medical practices so in the first night both the couple smeared on their bodies as the first 24 hours the both of the couples bodies defence mechanism and anti-bacterial were fully activated and their bodies could tolerate each others diseases if any ....

It got converted to a ritual so now also it takes place .

Turmeric + Sandalwood paste. they say the skin glows... wanna ry this - do it..

it is a mixture of haldi and chandan it is applied on bride's hand's, leg's,face to improve her beauty and it is applied before her wedding day so on wedding day she will become more beautiful

This is called haldi,and we also using this to made food...we also used it as a pain killer...but u cant understand the value of it...come india we explian it to u...

It also cools the body

Yellow pest is Turmeric; it’s a spice, rich of herbal medicine. Asian people uses it for brightness of skin, protecting skin from bacteria and germ and more other herbal treatment. In Indian wedding function family member use this pest before celebrating bath of bride and bridegroom for brightness, nice-looking and for maintaining the custom