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![During a cleansing haldi ceremony two days before their wedding, Nikhil Gupta, 8, smears a turmeric mixture over the face of Ryan Hanson with his bride-to-bed Sonali Gupta (Gupta’s cousin) at her childhood home in Darien. “Ryan was such a good sport about [the turmeric],” Gupta said, laughing. “He hates being messy.” She added, “It was amazing to marry someone who isn’t in our faith but is so open to it and excited about it.”<br />
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Rites of Passage define our lives. They signify the progress of time as well as our citizenship in a tribe, in a culture — in life itself.<br />
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Chicago commemorates these moments in ways that reflect its diversity, but through difference, we find commonality. We are all connected through these formal and informal ceremonies that remind us how much family, love and time shape us.](https://www.alyssaschukar.com/img-get2/I0000eXdKv3BN6dA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000QWeB4pv0hFI/I0000eXdKv3BN6dA.jpg)
