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Wedding in Pakistan
Dholki:
Dholki is a popular ceremony of singing traditional
wedding & popular songs accompanied by two or
three percussion instruments Dholki being the main.
The girl is officially treated as bride (dulhan).
She wears traditional Pakistani yellow outfit. Her
brothers, sisters, and cousins bring her (bride) in
the dholki party.
Mehndi OR Rasm-e-Henna:
Mehndi, or the Rasm-e-henna ceremony, typically takes
place one or two days prior to the main wedding day.
The event is traditionally held separately for the
bride and the groom, and henna is symbolically placed
on the couple's hands. The groom's friends and family
bring along sweets and henna for the bride, and the
bride's family does the same for the groom. On the
bride's ceremony the groom normally does not participate
and similarly, on the groom's event the bride stays
at home. Female guests are sometimes offered mehndi
at the host's discretion.
Baraat:
Baraat is procession of family, relatives, and friends
of groom that accompany the groom to bride’s
home for official wedding ceremony. Groom makes his
way to the bride's home on a richly decked horse or
in a car and “baraat” follows in different
vehicles. Groom is given warm welcome by the bride’s
family with flower garlands and rose petals. Family
and relatives of the groom and the bride exchange
glasses of juice or sherbet along with money. Guests
are welcomed by the bride’s sisters by playfully
hitting them with a stick wrapped and decorated with
flowers.
Nikah:
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.
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