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Photo from Esraa Dawood A special candle used in wedding ceremonies in The Middle East. Weddings in the Middle East Esraa Dawood from The Middle East The wedding parties in my country are really different from those in other countries. Especially the number of the parties. In my country and most of the Arabic countries, we have to make five parties! Can you imagine? The first one is the engagement party, we usually invite many peoples. We have to make special kinds of food, and the bride must change her dress many times, sometimes five times. We usually make the second party (In Arabic we name it Mahar.) on the same day when the bride and the groom go to the court to sign the marriage contract, we always do the same celebration as the first party. The third party is named Hena in my language; we make this party one day before the marriage. We have to do a big celebration and use special kinds of candles also we use henna. It looks like the hair color mixture but we use it to make a nice designs on the hands like the tattoo. Our party continues until the sun shines. The bride should wear a green dress. Photo from Esraa Dawood The way the wedding gifts are presented. The biggest party is the marriage party, and I think it's similar to the marriage parties in the other countries. The last and fifth party is seven days after the marriage. In Arabic, we name it Sabaa, which means seven in English. This party is for the women only and usually the bride wears many dresses at it; all the women give her special presents and her mother gives her gold or diamond presents. After the last party all the people wish all the happiness for the bride and the groom, and they usually give the people their smile. Read more about weddings: Bangladesh Wedding | Chinese Wedding | Colombian Wedding German Wedding | Hong Kong Wedding | Indonesian Wedding Korean Wedding (Struggling to Get a Wedding Chest) Mexican Wedding | Turkish Wedding | Vietnamese Wedding Special Section: Wedding Customs from Around the World Return to: The Wedding Page | Home Page  TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2005 - topics_mag@lycos.com