Finally, I’m posting the photos from brilliant couple Hani and Mahwish’s wedding receptions in Karachi. Hani and Mahwish have already returned to Pakistan after their honeymoon in Australia!
As with tradition, Groom Hani and Bride Mahwish had two wedding receptions. The first one, held in a large marquee, was hosted by Mahwish’s family. This was the more important reception as Mahwish’s family was, in effect, giving her away to Hani.
Although the receptions were very formal events with no singing or dancing, the traditional suits and dresses made the event very colourful. Many of the females also sported intricate henna tattos on their hands and feet.
The food was open-buffet style. There is almost always heaps of food left over as the hosts cater for everybody invited to the wedding, often several hundred people, despite the fact that lots of people do not turn up.
Winter is wedding season in Pakistan and locals have to plan their schedule carefully as with so many weddings occuring at the same time, with several events per wedding, clashes between events inevitably occur.
Arriving to the event
On the stage
Siblings Huda, Hadi and Hani along with Mahwish and her sister
A beaming Mahwish in her stunning wedding dress
‘Guarding’ the wedding couple
With Hani’s parents
The reception marquee
Huda’s hennaed hands
Surrounded by Hani’s friends
Sampling the wedding cake. Note: although the wedding cake looks like a traditional ‘Western’ wedding fruit cake, it was in fact a delicious chocolate cake.
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