Pakistan Wedding Ceremony
Pakistan wedding are made up of a series of celebratory events – all of which complete the marital package with a touch of ‘chatkhara’. As soon as the wedding season arrives, preparations start all around for brides and grooms to be.
Dholkis
Pakistan wedding events usually start out with a lot of singing and entertainment and a good old Dholki session at home. Dholkis are usually held at houses where friends and family of the bride and groom gather for some pre-celebrations.
Singing, dancing, and just as usual all the auntie chit chat at the event are part of dholki sessions. The dholki, a large skinned drum, is played along with a metal spoon. Ladies of the family gather around in a circle around the dholki and sing traditional Bollywood and Mehndi songs about the bride and groom.
Mehndi (Henna Ceremony)
Next up is usually one of the most awaited events, the Rasm e Mehndi. Mehndi are usually the most anticipated events, because they are supposed to be the most fun-filled events of the entire wedding. Usually it depends upon the preferences of people, but mehndi are mostly filled with dance and singing.
Elders will put henna and oil on leaves in the bride and groom’s hands, and feed them with mithai. The traditional colour for mehndi ceremony is yellow and bright. The bride is supposed to wear yellow clothes, or have a touch of yellow in her outfit. Along with that her hands are covered with different designs of henna. Some brides also prefer their arms and feet to be covered with beautiful henna designs.
Mayun
Moving on, there is the event of the Mayun which takes place before the wedding day. This is basically a beautification tradition in which some oil and a yellow paste is applied onto the bride’s skin. The paste is made from turmeric and sandalwood powder and other herbs and aromatic oils. The groom’s mother and sister usually bring this to put onto the bride. The groom’s sister or closest female relative also attaches a gana or a
Mongolian Wedding Ceremony
The traditional Mongolian wedding ceremony has slowly changed over time. Still the Mongolian people are trying to uphold the traditional wedding rituals while also caring about the younger generations’ interests by mixing modern wedding notions with traditional ones.
Most Mongolian people care about the in-law’s family roots. Mongolian people say that the future son-in-law’s father should accept their daughter and the future daughter-in-law’s mother should accept their son. This saying means that the son-in-law will treat his future wife like how his father treated his wife, and that the daughter-in-law will treat her future husband like her mother treated her husband.
Mongolian Engagement
When the Mongolian couple agrees to marry one another and they will then explain their engagements plan to the groom’s parents. The groom’s parent wishes good luck for their son’s future life and plans the ceremony with the bride’s parents’. At the engagement ceremony the groom’s father brings a hadag (a specially-made band of silk) and a silver bowl-like cup filled with milk, this means that he welcomes his daughter-in-law. He says that the couple loves each other and we love your daughter, your daughter will marry my son, we will treat your daughter like our own daughter and he then gives the hadag and silver bowl-like cup with milk to the bride’s father. If the brides’ father accepts the bowl-like cup then the bride’s parents’ will later on start to plan an engagement ceremony. When the bride’s family accepts the engagement, it means that they have accepted the groom as their own son.
Mongolian wedding ring symbols
The groom’s wedding ring has two crowns that intersect with one another, this resembles the souls of both the bride and groom being conjoined together forever in true love. His ring shape is round like the Mongolian ger (yurt) which has a round crown, this is called a toono. This means the husband resembles the house roof that wil
Cambodian Weddings
-Cambodian wedding is comprised of different ceremonies, lots of music, a dinner banquet, gifts, and, of course, people! Guests are encouraged to not only spectate but also become involved in each ceremony, since an emcee (MC) or host guides everyone along with commentary and instructions (and usually some comedy and teasing too). Music and songs performed on traditional instruments and gongs signal the arrival of the couple to each part of the wedding. There are usually silver or gold trays, along with candles, flowers, fresh fruit, and other decorations that are placed on the floor or a table in front of the bride and groom. The family and wedding guests usually sit on the floor around the couple, finding whatever space they can (since usually these ceremonies are held at the bride's family residence and space is limited).
Ceremonies
Monk's Blessing- Soat Mun
-During this ceremony, monks bless the couple and the attending guests (usually close family) by sprinkling everyone with flowered water while chanting their specific blessings. This is a solemn occasion, and guests and the couple remain quiet with their heads bowed and their hands in prayer.
Honoring the Parents-Bang Chhat Madaiy
-"holding umbrellas over parents," this ceremony honors and thanks the couple's parents by reversing their roles. As their parents have taken care of them over the years, now that they're marrying, it is the couple's turn to shield and take care of their parents. The couple’s provided fruit and sugar to there parents as held golden parasols over their heads while the MC talked about our responsibility to take care of our parents. The bridal party does not dress up for this ceremony either since it's about the couple's duty to their own parents. The groom and bride wore white and light gold silk outfits.
Groom's Processional (Parade)- Hai Goan Gomloh
-The groom comes, literally bearing gifts, to the bride's house to meet her family and see the bride. The parade i
