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Planning a Bangladeshi Wedding in the UK: The Complete Guide
Plan your Bangladeshi wedding in the UK: agree family events, check marriage rules, organise guests, and book venues, food and suppliers with confidence.
Read the guide →Pakistani Mehndi Night in the UK: Venue, Dhol & Licensing Questions
If you’re planning a mehndi night for a British Pakistani Muslim wedding in the UK and your venue has mentioned the dhol, the volume or the finish time, this guide covers those questions and the licensing, henna and food questions that follow.
Planning a British Pakistani Muslim Wedding in the UK: Events, Nikah & Venue Questions
If you’re planning a British Pakistani Muslim wedding in the UK with several events, such as a mehndi, a nikah, a baraat and a walima, each one raises its own question about law, space or food, and some answers have to be settled before others.
Multi-Day Hindu and Sikh Wedding Guest Lists in the UK
If you’re planning a Hindu or Sikh wedding that runs over several days, you’re managing a guest list for every event, each with its own room, caterer and deadline. The mehndi might be close relatives in a front room and the reception a full banqueting hall.
Hindu and Sikh Wedding Outfits in the UK: Lehenga, Sherwani, Turban & Alterations
If you’re planning a Hindu or Sikh wedding in the UK, the outfit question soon turns into several smaller ones. Will the gurdwara accept the lehenga you’ve fallen for? Who ties the groom’s sehra and does it come off before the ceremony? And if the outfit is coming from India, will it arrive in time, and will there be tax to pay at the door?
Punjabi Vidaai and Doli: Planning the Farewell at a UK Hindu or Sikh Wedding
If someone has already warned you to keep tissues in every handbag for the doli, you’ll know the vidaai, the bride’s farewell at a Punjabi wedding, is an emotional moment for her and her family. It’s also easy to leave off the run sheet, and then the venue is closing, the car is blocked in and the rice turns out to be banned.
Sikh Anand Karaj: Planning a Gurdwara Wedding in the UK
If the gurdwara has just pencilled in your Anand Karaj and the family group chat is already asking about dhol, outfits and who sits where, start with the gurdwara’s own rules. The gurdwaras that publish them each set their own, and those rules decide the arrival, the food and the paperwork long before the reception does.
Hindu Wedding Pheras and Baraat in the UK: Questions to Ask Your Venue
If your venue shortlist for a Hindu wedding keeps growing, two questions will shorten it fast: can we have a sacred fire for the pheras, and can the baraat arrive the way the family wants? The answers rule venues in or out before you talk about menus, and they differ from one venue to the next.
Haldi Ceremony Planning for Hindu Weddings in the UK
If someone in the family has already bought the turmeric and the next question is whether the haldi happens at home or in a hall, start with a smaller one: which haldi does your family do? In the accounts below, from Punjab, a Swaminarayan Hindu organisation and Bastar, the haldi differs in the day, the paste and who receives it,1,2,3 and each answer changes the space you need.
Sangeet Night in the UK: Venue, Music and Performance Planning
If your family is planning a sangeet for a Hindu wedding in the UK, Punjabi or otherwise, the first question to ask the venue is when the music must stop. The answer shapes the music, the family performances and the bar, so this guide takes them in that order.
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