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  2. Watta satta - Wikipedia

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    Watta satta or shighar (Urdu: ،شغار،وٹہ سٹہ) is an exchange marriage common in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The custom involves the simultaneous marriage of a brother-sister pair from two households. In some cases, it involves uncle–niece pairs, or cousin pairs.

  3. Marriage in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Families and friends are usually seated in a large hall during the ceremony. Marriage in Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی شادی) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women. Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence.

  4. Baraat - Wikipedia

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    Baraat. Baraat ( Hindi: बरात, Urdu: بارات) ( pronunciation ⓘ) or Varayatra ( Sanskrit: वरयात्रा, romanized : Varayātrā) [1] [2] is a groom's wedding procession in Indian subcontinent. [3] [4] In Indian subcontinent, it is customary for the bridegroom to travel to the wedding venue (often the bride 's house) on a ...

  5. Baba Shadi Shaheed - Wikipedia

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    e. Baba Shadi Shaheed ( Raja Shadab Khan) was a Sufi saint. He was the first Chib Rajput who married a Mughal Princess during the reign of Babur. He was a famed wise man who was requested to treat the ailing emperor, Babur, in Delhi. As a reward, Babur gave his daughter in marriage to him. He also married Humayun 's niece who is the daughter of ...

  6. Walima - Wikipedia

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    Walima. Walima ( Arabic: وليمة, romanized :Walīma ), or the wedding reception banquet, is the second of the two traditional parts of an Islamic wedding. The walima is performed after the nikah ( Arabic: نكاح) or marriage ceremony. It designates a feast in Arabic. The walima is used as a symbol to show domestic happiness in the ...

  7. Saadi Shirazi - Wikipedia

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    Saadi Shīrāzī, better known by his pen name Saadi (/ ˈ s ɑː d i /; Persian: سعدی, romanized: Saʿdī ⓘ, IPA: [sæʔˈdiː]), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period.

  8. Shadia, Punjab - Wikipedia

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    It is part of the Mianwali Tehsil subdivision and is located at 32°22'46N 71°45'39E and has an altitude of 198 metres (652 ft) [2] and a population of approximately 17,783. Shadia may have been named after the word shadi which means marriage in Urdu/Punjabi.

  9. Sehra (headdress) - Wikipedia

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    Sehra (headdress) A Sehra ( Bengali: শেহরি, Hindi: सेहरा, Punjabi: ਸੇਹਰਾ, Urdu: سہرا) or Sehro ( Gujarati: સેહરો) or Mundavalya [1] ( Marathi: मुण्डावळ्या) or Morrah ( Sindhi: مُوڻ ) or Basikam [2] ( Telugu: బాసికం) is a forehead garland/nuptial crown [2] worn by ...

  10. Urdu alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu alphabet ( Urdu: اردو حروفِ تہجی, romanized : urdū ḥurūf-i tahajjī) is the right-to-left alphabet used for writing Urdu. It is a modification of the Persian alphabet, which itself is derived from the Arabic script. It has official status in the republics of Pakistan, India and South Africa.

  11. Shaadi.com - Wikipedia

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    Shaadi.com is an Indian online wedding service founded in 1997. Its core market is India , Pakistan , and Bangladesh , [1] but the company operates globally, with offices in Canada , the United Arab Emirates , the United Kingdom , and the United States .