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^ must be fun, a couple of my cousins and I crashed a wedding once.. that was fun :D
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Dancing is certainly a new addition to weddings. This was only limited to dukan daar type and jahil tabqa and was a taboo for shurafa. It is still a taboo in our family and is frowned upon. I dont know of any close female relative that knows how to or has danced in front of others, particularly males, at a wedding or mehndi. Oh yes the girls do it on their own, but not in a mehfil in front of others.
I personally dont like the idea of someone I know shaking her good in a sensual way in front of other males and yes I am old fashioned. But then again I have not attended any family wedding in the last 4/5 years so I dont know if this is still true.
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You know when you go to mehndis and stuff be careful how you dance, especially the girls. Coz I for one can immediately tell if the girl is a clubber or not just by how she moves. I was actually telling my cuz at one mehndi, yep they go clubbing- just coz of how this group of girls were dancing. I for one cannot dance to desi music with all the jhumkas n stuff.
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Being silly and screwing up during "practices" and dholkis is part of the fun. Just enjoy it. You're not in it to be perfect, so don't take it too seriously. The point is to celebrate.
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Make sure you don't get any Govinda films.
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hahaha, I was at a mendhi a few years ago where the girl started to break dance during the song “Sharara Sharara”. 
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No. It is not.
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u will be makin the worst mistake of ur life by watchin an indian movie
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Agreed!
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Hahahahaha...I love the word choice...true dat.
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the art is in knowing how to shake your butt. Once you learn how to shake your butt you are set :k:
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It’s not new. It’s been happening for many, many, many years, not just in the “jahil tabqa” or “dukan daar” type of families. 
Most of the mendhis I have been to have been women only. My sister’s mendhi will be women and family only. We are practicing dances and quite eager to shake our stuff, and why shouldn’t we be? It’s a time to celebrate!
I don’t know what is common in Pakistan since I have never attended a wedding there although I have seen videos of people dancing and having fun in mehfils.
Over here, it really depends on the family. Majority of weddings I have been to had bhangra dancing at the reception. Believe me, there is nothing sensual about that since most people look like monkies when they bhangra, including myself.
I have been to two weddings where they had large mendhis in banquet halls, mixed gatherings and solo/group performances done by girls in the wedding party. At the actual wedding, they didn’t think it was appropriate to have dancing … even though the night before they danced in front of all the guests anyway. A bit silly, but whatever makes people happy I guess.
Also, if a person knows how to dance, it doesn’t make them any less shareef than anybody else. Some people are blessed with natural rhythm, and there’s nothing wrong with that. 
I have a feeling, that you just don’t know how to dance which is why you are being snooty.
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In our family girls have their fun on the mehndi basically cos its an all girls function. There are no girls dancing on the wedding day. I don;t think I could ever dance if my father was right there but thats just me. I don;t have a problem with others doing the same. At my other sisters wedding we kicked the guys out before we started our stuff. Don;t know what we r going to do this time around for the mehndi but the wedding still goes without dancing as far as the girls r concerned.
I absolutely hate people who bring their camcorders to others' weddings.
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Ashtray kahan se uth ke aay ho? Dancing and singing at weddings is perfectly normal and has been around since ever, especially at segregated ones.
Catty hahaha that is sooo true. We were at this party were this one girl was really and i mean realllllllly getting her groove on, she did a damn good job and it was quite evident that she had been active on the clubbing scene unless she practised club moves in the privacy of her bedroom that is.
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slow and steady is better than trying all the weird moves and ending up looking like a klutz. check out a few good dance moves from hindi flicks/ bhangra videos that u can easily copy and practice them (at slow pace) in front of the mirror till u have mastered them. and use those few moves…slowly if u are nervous. when on the dance floor do your own thing(the moves u have learned ) and trust me u’ll rock the partyyyyyyyyyyyy:dhimpak:
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Femme i aggree with you- even family friends should not bring cameras and camcorders to women only events cause then it defeats the purpose of keeping it within the ladies.
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Women in front of males?
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Exactly Sooraj mukhi. At my elder sisters wedding we had put out disposable cameras at a table which generally the guests use and leave behind so the host can get the pictures developed and mailed out. To this day we have no idea where the cameras went. people are so jahil I swear.
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ashtray is right. i have not been to a single paki wedding where there was dancing.
would this gal be interested in lessons for a chiseled beast like me. or i can just watch.
Catty hahaha that is sooo true. We were at this party were this one girl was really and i mean realllllllly getting her groove on, she did a damn good job and it was quite evident that she had been active on the clubbing scene unless she practised club moves in the privacy of her bedroom that is.