Re: Islam vs. Culture
The wedding bases on Sunnah would be the best but our culture and surroundings have definitely changed our mind. We don't think really in Islamic way because we don't apply the Islamic rules in our day to day life. We attend other weddings and spent so much money on, people praising, etc that we also feel it should be the same way for us. We somehow want to show the world.
Also one of the problem is "What will the people say". These days the condition of Muslims have changed so much that if you arrange a wedding like this, they might not feel like attending, because of status and prestige.
These are few of the reasons, however, Shaitaan brain washes our minds and human is always attracted towards these things than smplicity.