we are doing a dua-e-khair and mangni together, ( for my SIL), can someone tell me the rasmey we should do, or what happened at mangnis in your own experiences…what would be nice/different/mandatory…
its a chai event…so snacks, tea, and those sorts…
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and does the bride walk in head down ( like on baraat day), is this most common? whose with her, and whats the usual way of entering, think dulha will be entering hall seperatly..
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Mangnis are not super-formal in our family, tho they are sometimes big.
The bride gets an outfit from the groom's side, and the groom gets an outfit from the bride's side. The dulhan has been brought in by family/sisters/friends, dupatta on her head. People might come up and feed the couple mithai. We've also exchanged rings (so the groom gets the wedding band now). We've also done dances and such. But it's pretty flexible.
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as i remember it when my sister got engaged was..
we invited close family plus 30ppl from the groom's site
groom's family buyed a sare type lehnga witth atifishal jewl plus shoes and the ring
frm the bride site we gave him a full suit, tie, shoes and a ring...
there was snacks, fruit and ofcours dinner2
she walked with my parents aur dupatta sir par liya tha as baraat day :)
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On my engagement we had a milaad before the ring ceremony. My three brothers accompanied me when I entered and I wasn't wearing a dupatta on my head because I didn't want to look like a bride. My in laws got me my engagement suit, 2 other suits, shoes, bag and the engagement ring. My fiance got a suit, shirt, tie and a watch from our side. We just had a ring ceremony (didn't pass the other gifts in public, I personally think it looks tacky), our parents fed us some mithai and then everyone had dinner. There were about 150 people at the engagement. Far too many in my opinion!
The thing that annoyed me was that when I walked in, my fiance was sitting on the stage, but my family made me go sit in some corner until the milad was over because some elders in the family didn't want the boy and girl sitting together before the ring ceremony. I thought that was a bit stupid because it's not like we were about to have our nikkah anyway!