weddings in my family have always been a minus-dance event ... cuz one, it was a general assumption that it's not allowed ... two ... the girls are way too shy to dance in front of an audience (even if it is family) .. so i belong to a no-dance-experience-family ...
but on my dholki ... something happened ... lol ... mujko chaabi lag gayi thi ... as my dad put it ... ahahhaah ... i danced crazy and i made EVERYONE dance :D ... it was a super family thing ... no outsiders at all ... i danced ... made my uncles danced, my aunts danced ... then made my uncles and aunts (the couples) dance together ... danced with my cousins, my MIL ... it was fantastic :D ... i even danced with my maid :D ... the only person who got away that night was my dad ... lol ...
no girls dance in front of men at the weddings in my family. not even in front of male cousins/uncles. you never know, a male cousin might all of a sudden be wooed by a lachuk or matak from his female cousin.
i'm too shy to dance infront of ppl but we have had dancing in mixed family gatherings and most of the mehndis i've been to have had females dancing with male relatives present
its very common in my family..everybody dance together, even the old grandmas are dancing....koi kisi ko dekh bih nai raha hota, everybody is busy dancing :)
and if you dont dance, everybody is like "tumhe kya hua hai? naraz ho? kisi ne kuch kaha hai?"
Okay, so if no one ever dances here then why are all Pakistani weddings full of bhangra shangra?
Vo kya bahir valey aakey karrahe hote hein?
i've only been to one wedding in america where there were girls dancing in front of guys. the bhangra shangra that i've seen is the guys dancing in front of everyone, which is more accepted.
Okay, so if no one ever dances here then why are all Pakistani weddings full of bhangra shangra?
Vo kya bahir valey aakey karrahe hote hein?
They do hire people to dance, specially in places like Lahore and Multan. I don't come from a strict family and I have seen girls dance on weddings but it's not common at all. I think it's kind of fun! :K337:
P.S. I have never danced at a wedding because I don't want to make a total a$$ out of myself with my Shakira moves.. Just imagine :D
If we are so anti-dancing, why are we so bolly-frenzy? ALL people do is watch Indian songs for the dances.
We have had our girls practice dance in front of male cousins but oddly the boys don't dance period. Not even secretly. They think it's gay and are more shy than our girls. Now the entire family is more religious so no one has danced in a while.
I'm gonna have dancing at my wedding. Why not? It's fun. I'm gonna dance too.
Pakistanis are getting increasingly religious ESP with the Amir liaqat hussain craze. So don't know how it is now. But memon weddings typically have dandiya dance. I saw it growing up. My recent cousin weddings - no one danced, which is pathetic IMHO. It's not like dandiya is haraam.
If we are so anti-dancing, why are we so bolly-frenzy? ALL people do is watch Indian songs for the dances.
We have had our girls practice dance in front of male cousins but oddly the boys don't dance period. Not even secretly. They think it's gay and are more shy than our girls. Now the entire family is more religious so no one has danced in a while.
I'm gonna have dancing at my wedding. Why not? It's fun. I'm gonna dance too.
we dance, not me in particular as I've got 2 left feet, but dancing in family functions is accepted, not so much in non familial ones because we find it generally awkward