pashtun culture

Hi i am speaking with a few pashtuns and i have found its common for them not to tell the bride until the day of her wedding that shes getting married…is there any cultural explanation as to why they do this?

It almost seems like a rumor.

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no these people are my friends/neighbours

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May be they believe in 'Curiosity killed the cat'.

seems one off custom and not a regular practice.

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its totally wrong.....we are pathan although living in Lahore.....but i know many ppl of Peshawar, Waziristan.....and there is no any culture like this......one of my colleage....from Waziristan.....he is a B.Sc engineer......married his cousin recently.....she is also an educated girl.....and they r living a very happy life

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Who told you that?. In our culture even ‘mangni’/engagement itself is big and eventful affair and there is some gap between mangni which we call ‘kozda’ in pashto , and wedding. Infact between gap of mangni and wedding, there is quite interaction between two families who are getting married, though the ones engaged cant see each other nor they can visit each other house.

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