Re: Symbolism of the red dress
every other muslim culture in the world wears white on their wedding day from the arabs to the persians to the south africans... its only the pakistanis who wear red.
A lot of those other cultures don't traditionally wear white either...they only do it because they've mostly abandoned their traditional clothes and adopted western customs. I know Afghans are traditionally supposed to wear green dresses at their weddings (both the bride and groom, as far as I know)...and I think Iranian and Turkish brides used to wear colored clothes too till they adopted white, western style dresses.