3. Pŏnnāṇam tiṇṭu (Dressed in Gold)

The opening lines of a lively and popular song traditioinally performed at a women's party the night before a wedding. It begins by describing the grand procession of a king (perhaps symbolically the bridegroom himself) who comes to view a wedding, and it concludes with a playful account of the bridegroom's entry into the wedding house. The refrain "nalla" means “Good!”