n as for wearing fake jewellery, im srry but ive never seen a bride wear fake stuff in pakistan, or anywhere else for that matter, its yur wedding day why wud u wanna wear sake stuff, n u can EASILY tell whats fake n whats not... at least i can... wearing fake stuff is a veryyy indian thing to do...
poddy... i am indian and i have never in my life seen a bride wear fake jewelry in any of the indian weddings i have been to either here or in india - and i have been to many, although I have seen them in many pakistani weddings. I have aunts/uncles/cousins that are pakistani and told my parents to make sure that my in-laws (my fiance and his fam are pakistani) were giving me real jewelry for my wedding as in pakistan many brides do wear fakes(according to them). My mom subtly bought up the issue and my in-laws were quite upset when I said I don't wear fake jewelry cuz thats what they were going to get me. They said it is the norm in pakistan. They did end up buying me a gold set to wear to the wedding (very hesistantly according to my fiance) but, I think, as for the valima my parents will have to buy me something if I don't want to wear a fake. So its definitely not an indian thing to do or at least not only an indian thing to do.