Rukhsati traditional Pakistani wedding

After the barat arrivals and different ceremony like Nikah & dinner take place then finally the Rukhsati time come, the bride leave with groom and family for her new house, she leave under Holy Quran (holy book) held over her head as she leaves her parent house .this is sober occasion for the bride family and specially for her parents as it marks the departure of their daughter to her new home. Traditionally, the groom travels by a decorated horse to the bride's house and after the wedding ceremony takes bride in a doli (cart)to his house. Now days the horse and the cart are replaced by car, it is typical to see a quiet bride with wet eyes as she sits in the car beside her husband leaving for her new home.


The couple bedroom is decorated with fresh flowers and candles and special fruits and goodies trolley is arrange by the groom sisters. on the arrival of bride as a new family member the sisters of groom close the door of the house and ask the brother for money, it’s a fun activities where sisters specially younger one collect money and have party with that money with all cousins or buy a token jewelry.

Once the bride arrives in the house she is offered with special gifts by groom family members and some sweet dish (kheer) is offered to bride & groom. The elder sister in law or sister perform a trick on groom by put the kheer(sweet dish ) on bride palm and ask groom to eat that then move the palm as he come close. Pakistani wedding is more a family affair so everyone enjoy and have fun.

The groom is also played with different tricks by the bride sisters and the cousins, they take a good opportunity to steal the groom's shoes and demand a sum of money for the return. This is a very popular custom and the groom usually carries a lot of cash, due to the popularity of this custom. He pays the money to get back his shoes and the girls divide the money among themselves so they can enjoy with that money later on.