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A wedding is the formal procedure in which two people are united in
marriage. Pakistani wedding ceremony traditions and customs vary
greatly between cultures, tribal groups, and social classes. Most
Pakistani wedding ceremonies represent their culture. Special wedding
ceremony garments are often worn, and the wedding ceremony is
sometimes followed by a wedding reception. Due to the diversity of
Pakistani culture, the wedding style, ceremony and rituals may vary
greatly amongst various areas. In Pakistani wedding ceremonies for
adorning the bride's hand and feet with mehendi accompanied by
Pakistani girl's music, dance, and many other pre-wedding ceremonies.
Another important Pakistani wedding ceremony followed in certain areas
is the "ubtan" program where the bride and the groom are anointed with
turmeric paste. All of the close relatives make sure that they have
anointed the couple with turmeric. On the day of the Pakistani wedding
ceremony properly the Bridegroom, his friends and relatives doing
singing and dancing to the wedding ceremony location in a
demonstration called baraat, and then the religious formal procedure
take place to celebrate the Pakistani wedding ceremony. While the
groom may wear traditional Sherwani or Western suit, or some other
local costume, his face, in certain regions, is usually obscure with a
mini-curtain of flowers called sehra. In Pakistani wedding ceremony
the bride always wears red clothes. After the solemnization of
Pakistani wedding ceremony, the bride departs with her groom. This is
a very sad event for the bride's relatives because traditionally she
is supposed to permanently detach her relations with her blood
relatives to join her husband's family.
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