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2. Iranian wedding - Wikipedia

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   Iranian wedding. Iranian wedding ( Persian: مراسم عروسی در ایران ), also known as Persian wedding, consists of traditions rooted in Zoroastrianism, the primary religion of pre-Islamic Iran. Though the concepts and theories of marriage have been changed by Islamic traditions, the ceremonies have remained more or less the same as ...

3. Marriage in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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   Beyond age 20, both men and women are considered potential grooms and brides. Most marriages in Pakistan are traditional arranged marriages, semi-arranged marriages or love marriages. Arranged marriage occurs when a member of the family, a close friend or a third person party helps bring two supposedly compatible people together in matrimony.

4. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   After the betrothal gifts and bride price are negotiated and given, the families select a special date for the wedding. The wedding date is announced via invitations about a month earlier, and the invitations are distributed to the friends and relatives about one or two weeks before the wedding day. Cantonese traditions

5. Engagement - Wikipedia

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   Engagement. An engagement or betrothal is the period of time between the declaration of acceptance of a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced with a wedding ). During this period, a couple is said to be fiancés (from the French ), betrothed, intended, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply ...

6. Bride price - Wikipedia

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   The groom and a matchmaker will visit the bride's family bearing gifts like wedding cakes, sweetmeats and jewelry, as well as the bride price. On the actual wedding day, the bride's family will return a portion of the bride price (sometimes in the form of dowry) and a set of gifts as a goodwill gesture. Bride prices varies by eras, for instance ...

7. Wedding superstitions - Wikipedia

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   A wedding in Chicago, 1925. A wedding is a celebratory ceremony where two people are brought together in matrimony. Wedding traditions and customs differ across cultures, countries, religions, and societies in terms of how a marriage is celebrated, but are strongly symbolic, and often have roots in superstitions for what makes a lucky or unlucky marriage.