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Iranian wedding ceremony tomorrow - help!

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cariboo · 23/02/2008 10:03

My friend has just found out she and her dh are getting married tomorrow morning in a legal/religious ceremony (already married in Catholic church years ago) so that she can accompany him to visit Iran later this year.

We have millions of questions, am googling for info but haven't found much. What does she wear? Her head must be covered but with what, how much has to be covered, must she wear trousers? What happens during the ceremony? Does she need witnesses? Does she carry flowers? Help, help, help.[panic]

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cariboo · 23/02/2008 10:15

no muslims out there, then?

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cariboo · 23/02/2008 10:25

bump

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MrsBadger · 23/02/2008 10:29

can she not ask PIL? or at least SIL?

if it's in a mosque, iirc she'll need to be as covered as she would if going to pray (ie only face and hands out)

cupsoftea · 23/02/2008 10:29

hope they have a super day - hope you find the info they need Could they check with their families?

MrsBadger · 23/02/2008 10:41

on the other hand, these are pics from a british iranian couple in Brighton who look like they did it at home - not v covered at all

jaq39 · 23/02/2008 11:00

Hi there, my turkish dh and myself had religious ceremony 3 years ago before we got married last year. I wish I had some pictures to show you, but basically, I would suggest not wearing trousers, I got a really nice long skirt and sort of fitted long linen shirt (not too tight!) I wore a lovely sky blue head scarf(same colour as skirt) just sort of draped round my head (not used to covering my head so it felt kind of strange but looked nice) If ceremony is at home and you not wearing shoes wear socks to cover your feet, sounds strange but thats what my sil said I had to do. It was very nice and I am sure you will have a lovely time. Please ask if their is anything else you need to know

scouserabroad · 23/02/2008 15:25

hi, me & dh had a muslim religious ceremony, it took place at his parent's house & all his family & friends were present. I wore long skirt, lacy top & no headscarf. DH is from north africa tho, so traditions are probably different. The imam just read a verse from the coran & that was about it, iir. It was all in arabic so didn't catch everything lol. Hmm, what else... men & women were in different rooms, and we didn't have any kind of wedding vows type moment like in a church.

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cariboo · 23/02/2008 21:15

Poor friend's family highly disapproving & wedding will be only bride & groom. Such a shame!

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