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Wedding
Traditions
A Pakistani wedding,
like others is a ceremony to celebrate
the wedlock of a bride and a groom. It
brings closer the families of a bride
and a groom. A wedding ceremony has great
importance in different cultures of the
world. Different cultures have different
ways of wedding celebrations and have
different wedding traditions.Pakistan,
an Islamic country located in South Asia
and the Greater Middle East, has a great
culture with rich customs. A Pakistani
wedding is a great feast of fun, merriments,
and celebrations. It is celebrated with
great fervor. A Pakistani wedding is followed
by several pre-wedding customs and rituals.It
is important to note that some of the
customs followed in Pakistani weddings
have no foundation in Islam. However,
the Pakistani culture has adopted those
ceremonies and traditions from the Hindu
culture.
Mangni
is the engagement ceremony that marks
the formal engagement of couple. The small
ceremony takes place in the presence of
a few important members of would-be bride
& groom’s family. Prayer and
blessings for the couple are recited and
the wedding date is decided in Mangni.
Mayun
is custom of the bride entering into the
state of seclusion eight to fifteen days
before the wedding. She’s made free
of all the chores and errands around the
house. The bride and groom are not allowed
to see each other after the Mayun; bride
is not allowed to leave her house. The
beautification rituals begin during this
time.
Rasm E Mehndi
(Henna Party) takes place a day before
the wedding. It’s a ceremony mainly
of women. They apply Mehndi (Henna) to
the bride's hands and feet, sing, dance,
and bless the bride.
Sadka (warding off evil)
is performed on the bride i.e. donating
money circling three times on the bride’s
head. Traditionally mehndi was brought
by groom's parents. Mehndi (Henna) is
applied in beautiful floral designs and
sometimes groom's name is written in designs.
Rasm E Mehndi is organized for grooms
also in some parts of Pakistan.
Nikah
is purely Islamic official wedding ceremony
that usually takes place at the bride’s
home. Nikah is attended by close family
members, relatives, and friends of groom
and bride. Usually, the men and women
are made to sit separately, in different
rooms, or have a purdah, or curtain, separating
them.
Walima
is ceremony to announce the wedding to
community and friends. It’s a grand
reception hosted by the groom's parents.
Relatives, friends and community people
are invited to the reception and wedding
is celebrated with great fun and festivities.
Rukhsati
is the final event is marriage ceremony
when bride is shifted from her parent's
home to here husband's home. And in this
way Pakistani marriage ceremony comes
to an end. |
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