During the Haldi Kumkum (a social gathering in India), married men invite friends, relatives and new acquaintances to meet where the hostess distributes bangles, sweets, and other small novelties.
Haldi Kumkum, or the Haldi Kumkum ceremony, is a social gathering in India in which married women exchange haldi (turmeric) and kumkum (vermilion powder), as a symbol of their married status and wishing for their husbands' long lives. 
