Bangladeshi Weddings

Hi all,
I am going to do a little presentation on Banladeshi weddings at my departmental International Dinner. It will include pictures of traditional weddings, and a little blurp about the culture/history that lead to the different festivities. I am afraid I do not know enough about the subject matter to ramble on for 15-20 mins. So if you
could like give me some background history on the different events of the "traditional" bangladeshi wedding, I would be much obliged.
Things you may want to include are :
*gaye holud: how it originated, symbolism, etc.
*why do we wear so much gold?
*why do brides wear red?
*wear did the sherwani/pagri outfit originate from?
--I am asking these insane questions because I know I will be bombarded with this type of questions.
Anyway, your feedback and comments will be much appreciated. Thanx.

There are different kinds of wedding traditions for Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Buddists, and other indigenous people of Bangladesh. If you are pressed for time to do research on these, you should focus on one, perhaps your own.

A lot of the traditions in Bangladeshi weddings come from the Bengali cultural practices. For Muslims, those traditions are blended with Islamic traditions. So, I'd recommend that in addition to this bulletin board and talking to other Bangladeshis, you might also talk to some of your Indian friends, preferrably from the West Bengal.

I hope others can give you more detail answers to your questions. Good luck.

I would also like to know all the reasons that are behind the traditional weddings. I have asked cousins who say they dont know and others who stay quiet.

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Abs

I just want to stick to Muslim weddings.
Let me know if you have any ideas/answers.

Well Muslim weddings are very simple. The marriage cert. The Nika is signed and then dates are eaten. There are certain amount of finances or similar things involved incase the lady gets divorced. Im not so sure on this.

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Abs

Muslim wedding inherit quite a lot of Hindu traditions (bcuz of its history with India and stuff) such as da gaye holud and the dress'. so weddings in bangladesh r not entirely Islamic as it shud b.

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