The "Roce" (anointing) ceremony, conducted one or two days before a wedding, celebrates the last day of virginity of the bride and bridegroom and involves the parents' blessing of the bride and groom, who are anointed with "roce", a mixture of coconut milk and coconut oil, while a cross is inscribed on the bride's forehead. The marriage traditions include "Soirik" (betrothal), exchange of "Paan Pod" (betel leaves) during the marriage ceremony, which known as "Badalchen" (changing hands; formal acceptance of the promise made by the bride's father to the bridegroom's father that he will give his daughter in marriage). The bride is adorned with the "Sado" (wedding "sari") and "Pirduk" (wedding necklace). Other rites include the "Onpnni" or "Vopsun diunche"(giving away the bride formally by the father or the guardian of the bride), "Porthoponn" (re-invitation to the bride's house), and singing of "Honvious" (hymns). Some non-marriage traditions include "Novemjeevon" (partaking of the food prepared from new corn) and "Novem" (blessing of new harvests).