An Overview of Weddings From World Over

Wedding is a journey of two people together for a lifetime.  The ceremony binds two people in a knot to join their family. The wedding traditions and customs keep changing between different countries, groups, religions, social classes and caste. Similar to the other communities, Pakistan too celebrates weddings with a lot of passion. In pakistan, the weddings are performed in an Islamic way, as majority of people are Muslims. Most of the weddings are arranged by the elders. However, people have also started looking for a potential match through Muslim Matrimony website.  

Everyone from close to extended family is invited to the wedding for sharing their blessings through gifts, money and flowers. The presents help couple in starting a new life. Different rituals and ceremonies are performed at the wedding with a lot of celebrations and glamor. It is followed by a grand wedding reception party for a newlywed couple. The wedding ceremony goes through prayers and singing some influenced through the culture of the neighboring country, while other customs are a reflection of Islam.

World is full of different cultures. Every culture has its own way of performing a marriage. It is mostly seen that the cultures are adopting a traditional western way of marriage over time. Like people have started to get married on the hill resorts.

Exchanging rings is another most popular traditions of a wedding. It is followed by all cultures, religions and sects and is considered as a symbol of marriage and love between two people. Though rings are mostly exchanged during an engagement ceremony, but some families also share jewelry on the wedding day.

Wedding in Pakistan lasts for 3 days. The first day is mostly the day of Mehndi. The second day is the day of the Baraat and the third day is the day of the Walima. Doodh pilai and Joota chupai are the popular wedding customs for Baraat. Walima is a grand feast given by groom’s family in bride’s honor.

 In Arab culture, there are two types of wedding culture. One for Christian wedding and the other for Muslim wedding. In the Muslim traditions, wedding are not forced on any as both the individuals need to accept each other.

Bengali and Indian wedding customs also include two types of wedding culture. Muslim and the Hindu culture. Chinese also have unique wedding customs including a tea ceremony which an old way of conducting a marriage in China. Different cultures offer a different way to conduct marriage. But marriage universally means to unite two souls together for a lifetime.