The ceremony of taking the girl home, known as Filling the Lap (Khoro Bharayno), would be organized by the mother-in-law, on a mutually agreed date and time. Near relatives and friends, of both sides, were invited to be present.  Girl’s parents would bring a variety of fresh and dry fruits, vegetables and a pair of coconuts, de-husked but with a hand’s breadth of fibre at the head  and also an assortment of glass bangles of various colours and designs, which included yellow, red and green ones and specifically excluded black ones 

 

The girl took bath and put on new clothes given by the husband, would offer two rakaats of nafil prayer and brought to a comfortable seat on a carpet or mattress, a gaddi with her lap spread. A towel would be placed on the lap, and filled with coconuts, vegetables, fruits, in that order and also dry fruits like almonds cashew nuts, walnuts and pistachios. Some sweets could be added, optionally. Then, the mother-in-law and the mother followed by married sisters and cousins on both sides put glass bangles on her hands. With the lap remaining filled, women present would feed the girl with small bits of sakkar. A Gor was also made. The towel with its contents would then be removed, and the guests  served with refreshments.

 

As a final step the girl would seek the permission of the husband in private and kiss his hand. She would then kiss the hand of the mother-in-law and elders of the family and seek their permission to go. A special fatiha was offered just before the departure.  It was also customary to give sadqa and feed mendicants or poor people and to give them dresses before the ceremony began.