Re: Gift Exchanges and Dowry
I attended a similar wedding.
The car was proudly displayed in the spot closest to the entrance to the banquet hall and the keys were handed to the couple on stage after an announcement was made that no payment needed to be made.
To this family it was all very appropriate and acceptable.
Sadly I’m also familiar with a situation where the groom and his family insisted that they wanted nothing but the bride (because unn kay paas Allah ka diya hua sab kuch tha) but a few months after the wedding the bride was subjected to whisperings that the MIL was so embarrassed when some close friends and neighbours were asking kay “bahu kya lay’ee hai?”