ARABIAN BRIDAL DRESSES

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ABOUT ARABIAN CULTURE

Arabic Weddings (Arabic: فرح, زفاف, or عرس) have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Traditional Arabic weddings were very similar to modern-day Bedouin weddings and rural weddings, and they were unique from one region to another, even within the same country.

The marriage process usually starts with meetings between the couple's families, and ends with the wedding's consummation (leilat al-dokhla). For a wedding to be considered Islamic, the bride and groom must both consent, and the groom is welcomed into the bride's house—although only in the presence of her parents to maintain purity between both sides.

Katb el-Kitab/Marriage Contract is the official marriage ceremony. It starts with a sheikh or imam giving a short speech about how the Prophet honored his wives, how to honor women, and how women should treat their husbands and honor them. Then the imam tells the groom to heed the speech that was just given, and the father (or eldest male of the bride's family) accepts the proposal. The ceremony resembles the reading of the Fatiha, but it is considered a more official ceremony in front of God. Two witnesses, usually the eldest men in each family, sign their names to the marriage contract, and the couple is now officially married.HERE SOME ARABIAN BRIDAL DRESSES OF NEW FASHION REPESENTING THEIR CULTURE ARE BEEN ADDED.

ARABIAN WEDDING DRESSES