Re: religion vs rasms
No, it was in a tent/marque because even though it was simple, we had a lot of guests. There was special seating for the bride/groom but I’ve seen that in mosque weddings too. It was segregated until everyone left expect immediate family, then we sat together. There was no music, we stuck to the single dish rule and we didn’t have any other functions.
And I’m not trying to say that makes the people involved more pious/religious or anything like that. But there are things which are related to individuals and things which relate to the society around you.
Hmm.. like if a person listens to music generally, that’s their own personal thing but if they have it playing at a wedding, then they are involving all the guests as well, some of whom may not usually listen to music. If a person doesn’t usually pray namaz, again that’s their personal business but if they don’t make provision at their function for others to pray… I hope you get what I mean?
And tbh a lot of our guests - family and my dad’s friends/acquaintances are very religious… and the fact that they all were present for the dua etc meant a lot to me.