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• India - The Destination Wedding Hub says:

  October 21, 2005 at 15:25

  Well I’ll tell you how my wedding went. I got married at 19 years old to my 28 year old husband. He’s 29 now. His birthday was the day before our wedding. Mine is in February. I’m almost 21 and we’ve been married 15 months happily. The wedding is not concrete until the marriage is consummated. My wedding went like this:My husband came and got me October 19th 2006. Then we went back to his apartment and he brought the Imam over who is my Representative because I’m the only Muslim in my family. My Representative, husband, and I talked about a dowry and my Representative told me I should take a dowry so we all agreed on $100.00. My Representative told me that I didn’t need to be in the living room with him, my husband, and the two male witnesses since I’m a woman and that he would act as my Representative. So then he talked to my husband in Arabic and my husband went and took me to his bedroom and told me to wait there and not come out until he got me. Then he shut the door and the two witnesses came over and they talked for 15 minutes and then the Imam and the two witnesses left and my husband came and got me and told me that we were married. I’m not sure what he did with the Islamic marriage certificate though or even if my Representative took the Islamic certificate with him. Then like three or four months later we got married in a court. My mother in law might throw us a wedding ceramony when we go back to Saudi Arabia.
• nikhilbhide-theweddingplanner.com says:

  October 18, 2005 at 05:42

  wow, your weddings last till maghrib..Somali weddings start at 12 at night and end 4am, its partying all night long I feel sorry for the bride and groom….lolz
  Except few that fear Allaah.
• indian weddings says:

  October 15, 2005 at 16:09

  I knoww how it is in Pakistan and I just don’t like it.

  But the religious families, they have separate sections for men and women, entirely completely. Even I remove my scarf then. fully covered. A bride could look good. there is no harm in that. she can wear lehanga and all because its cultural and covers one properly. and no men are around.

  She can offer salat too. I know what u mean lolz.. but she can take breaks in between. because no matter what, she cannot miss her salat. So she needs to manage it. ~!

  I seriously don’t appreciate Mehandi rasm as well.
• indian weddings says:

  October 14, 2005 at 12:38

  Ello!
  yeah im bengali muslim, so you know how my wedding will be….but my parents are okay with a non-traditional wedding, im sorry but im sick of going to weddings that are exactly the same! If i do get married, its going to be on the beach. sorry, i know i was of noooo help. but thats okay.=)

  you should ask you mom, she would know!
• Get Married in India says:

  October 12, 2005 at 05:41

  Saudi Wedding:
  usually starts after last prayer in evening around 9pm lasts till 2am
  there are 2 separate halls one for the men and one for the women, but in the same general area..
  The wedding hall is decorated up just as a wedding would be in USA.. tables, ribbons, flowers, lights, speakers, dance floor, stage..
  The guests all mingle, sit around, eating tidbits , tea and coffee or juice served from some hired help waitresses. The same for men, but all male hired help..
  There was a female photographer in the main entrance hall who you could go up to and get a photo of you or whatever guest you wanted a photo with.. You arrived coverered up and the hostess or greeter offered you a little wedding gift and a silk bag to put your abaya and scarf in to put under your table or hold, whatever..
  they hired a female band or you can have a DJ or just music piped in… This goes on for a couple of hours. then the bride is ushered down in a huge specitcal in front of us women, she is totally dressed up like a western bride, the white dress, white veil etc.. Then after everyone whistles, congratulates her etc.. Someone, usually an elderly lady or her attendant gives some signel (like a whistle) and we all cover up a bit, and then the brides father, brother, uncle, and her groom come into the room to greet her and her realtives
  only for about 10min or so, take some group photos, then leaves.. Her husband/groom stays on abit longer.. His sisters and legal relatives (ladies) usually throw gifts, money and dance in front of the couple.. then her relatives (covered) do the same.. then the couple retires for abit.. and the whole crowd of ladies moves to the buffet room to eat.. (SHE does not however go show off in front of the men).. they just mingle, congratulate the groom, take some photos, eat and leave.. haha!…
  after we ladies eat a bit, she and her husband come into the room (we cover again) and they can cut the cake and sip non alcohol cocktails in a mock toast.. etc..
  more photos etc..
  then everyone says GOODNIGHT… this is how its done here..

  oh. almost forgot… We ladies use this as Paris runway fashion awards show… haha!.. Ive never seen such a fashion parade in all my life.. Its one chance to get to wear what we want and show it off… You cant imagine… One friend of mine spent upwards of 5000dollars on her evening dress alone just for an occation… I tend to go for the more economy stuff, but still love to dress up…
• nikhilbhide-theweddingplanner.com says:

  October 9, 2005 at 09:22

  no ,problem
  in my country many brides prefer to wear hijab in their wedding
  if you search for that on line ,you would find many beautiful designs of veiled bride
  about the time of pray
  the wedding is been after the ishaa pray to the fajr time
  so no prays you would lose
• nikhilbhide-theweddingplanner.com says:

  October 8, 2005 at 10:21

  I guess it just depends on the country and obviously, the culture.
  In my country, the party is held in a hall full of women, no men.. so they bride and all the guests can obviously remove their scarves..dance, eat, etc. No men are permitted to come in at all apart from the groom, (nearer the end) and when he comes in, all the women put their scarves on..
  Why would we stop performing prayers on our wedding day? We still have to perform them. The wedding usually starts at around 7 and ends around 12. So all prayers are completed before hand.
  I’m not sure about other cultures though.
• indian weddings says:

  October 8, 2005 at 02:56

  EK..muslim wedding is a lot simpler than tht..hijab or other dress is just a culture..for instance in malaysia, a muslim wedding will follow a malay culture ..

  In malaysia, a malay wedding ceremony (perkahwinan; per cah wee nun) is conducted by several stage

  -merisik…the men go to the women house to ask for/propose/ from the family of the women.
  -then akad nikah takes place, tie knot…the men will say the doa to the kadi.
  -then the persandingan, the wedding day follow shortly after…in malay culture the both the bride will sit on a stage specially build for them.

  thts the malay culture that i can share wth u, it is not compulsory to hv all that ceremony, btw its just a culture, there r many culture but all with the same faith..ISLAM, thts the rite guideline..

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