Comments on: Pakistani Weddings: The Dholki and Mayoon

By: Nanana

Nanana — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Thoughts of marriage r sooo beautiful,, i want my entrance in a dholi

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Photos of Pakistani Weddings: The Shaadi | NidalM Photography — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:20:01 +0000

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By: Souma

Souma — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:27:34 +0000

i have a gym t-shirt that reads “that's what she said” O_O

By: Single4now

Single4now — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:24:05 +0000

Sounds scary. But at least you know your uncles. I didn't know these aunties at all. In fact, I didn't even know the bride. She was some very distant relative. In fact, when I went to a cousin's nikkah, I met so many relatives I had never seen/heard of before yet they came up to me asking if I recognized them. LOL. So yea, they were just looking to cover people and I guess it irked them that no one had smothered my face with it. Actually, at that girl's wedding, it was mainly haldi that they were using which is not so easy to get rid of so I think I narrowly escaped.

By: NidalM

NidalM — Mon, 10 May 2010 10:20:17 +0000

Rasme-e-Paintball you mean

Thank god you dont have my uncles. You tell them that and theyll aim for your clothes ;P It washes right off though so its not something to really worry about. And to be honest, few ppl get anything but faces covered

By: Susanne

Susanne — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:01:22 +0000

great post! I loved it! The customs all seem soooooo fun!

By: Single4now

Single4now — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:55:03 +0000

Lovely pictures. It seems you've pretty much mentioned a lot of what I said in my comment of your previous post.
As for the uptan throwing, I've been to one wedding where they were planning on doing that. It was segregated but the women (even though I had no idea who they were) were keen on covering my face with it and I very seriously warned them not to come close to me with that. I was wearing good clothes and I was not ready to take a chance on that. I'll be making sure no such event takes place in my wedding and if the guests request for it too much, I'll invite them to a day of paintballing! How fun would that be? InshaAllah!

By: Single4now

Single4now — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:49:59 +0000

Okay, I realized, I DO know what the whole “that's what she said” silliness is all about. I just don't hang around people who use that phrase a whole lot. Alhumdulillah.

By: NidalM

NidalM — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:02:55 +0000

must… resist… to… gah! I cant!!! Thats what SHE said HAH! Sadly very few of the photos from Dholkis and Mayoons I have can be put up here since they're mostly of people at home, doing the family thing.

Technically my dear Souma, you would be a gori (The replacing of the 'a' with an 'i' to denote the female gender). I never did think about it in terms of yellow making the wearer more radiant, but it does sound about right! Perhaps the ubtan really doesnt do anything at all, its all in the yellows!

And I will pass on the compliments to the bride and me. Alright done! (Thank you!)