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Since this website is about Pakistani weddings, It will
only talk about the bride's clothes.
As we see in western culture there is always a special dress for the
bride, in Pakistani culture there is also a very special dress for the
bride. It is usually in two colors either it will be totally white or
totally red with some gold touch. Bride only wears that dress on the day
when she leaves with her husband on the day of Nikkah . Even though
modern Pakistanis are following the American or western culture, they
still have a lot of values for their own culture as well.
Now I like to tell you what the bride wears on the first day and the
second and the third.
On the first day which is Mehndi , she wears very casual dress. The
reason she wears casual dress because she has all of her family and all
of her friends there and during that time they joke with her and have a
little food fight sometimes if permitted by bride's parents. So by the
end of that night all the clothes are very messie.
On the second day that is Nikkah , the bride wears either white or red
dress with gold touch. That dress is very expensive, if converted in
dollars it would cost around about $2,000 to $3,000 dollars. It is still
very expensive in Pakistan. This dress in provided by bride's mother to
her daughter as a good bye gift.
On the third day that is also called Waleema , the bride also wears a
very nice heavy dress which is also around about the same price. This
dress is provided by groom's family or his mother as a welcome gift.
Bride wears that dress on the last day of the wedding ceremony when she
is in her husband's house.
These are the kind of dresses which bride wears during the wedding
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FEMALE JEWELRY |
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In Pakistan, jewelry has one of the most important role
during the weddings. Man usually do not wear as much jewelry but on the
other hand women wear a lot of jewelry. There is a saying in Pakistan
"jewelry make women more beautiful". So they follow that tradition.
There are different types of jewelry which brides wear during the
wedding. That is usually very heavy jewelry. For example bride usually
wear TAJ crown on their heads. The Taj is made out of heavy 24 karate
gold and also has diamonds in there.
The second thing is Bindiya that is not in American culture so it's hard
to explain but, as you see in this picture the piece of jewelry falling
into the bride's forehead and on the back it is usually attached with
either her hair or with her Chaador scarf.
The third thing is called Jhumkay it the bigger version of the earrings.
That is also made by 24 karate pure gold. Most of the times they have
ruby in them.
The fourth piece of jewelry is necklace. This is usually the biggest
piece of jewelry which bride wears on her wedding. It is mostly very
long sometimes as long as her dress. This carries diamonds and ruby and
is also made out of 24 karate pure gold.
Bride also wears a nice ring which is also either white gold or regular
24 karate gold and has a very big diamond in it. This is the smallest
piece of the jewelry on the bride. The last part is anklets. That is the
most fragile piece of the jewelry bride wears. All the stuff mention
above is what usually brides wear during their marriage |
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When I talk about female accessories it is
a very broad topic because there are thousands and thousands things
involve in accessories. In this site we are talking about weddings so
our main focus will stay on that.
One of the thing except jewelry which adds more beauty to the bride is
called Henna , as it is now in American culture also. Most of the women
use it as a tattoo purpose in America. It originally started from the
Arabia and moved on to different part of the world. It is also deeply
involve in Islamic culture.
On the day of Mehndi , bride's friends or sometimes professional girls
in Henna come to bride's home and put all the design on her hands, front
and back and now day it is also used on lower parts of the legs. It has
a lot of different designs and now day people use computers to make
different types of designs. These designs usually stay on for about a
week.
As you see on the top of this page there are couple pictures of Henna
how it looks like on brides hands.
I hope you enjoyed learning about Henna. |
