Bengali Muslim wedding

A Bengali Muslim wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি মুসলিম বিয়ে) is a Bengali wedding in accordance with the Muslim faith. This is the dominant tradition of weddings seen among the Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh and the West Bengal state of India.

Wedding arrangement

A cultural wedding is arranged by a ghotok (matchmaker), who is generally a friend or a relative of the bride and groom's parents. Ghotoks facilitate the introduction of the bride and groom's identities to their respective parents. Families traditionally seek matches for the bride and groom from the same religion and good social standing, and never allow unemployed men to become grooms. In the case of an arranged marriage, if the aforementioned compatibility factors are duly matched, only then is the pairing deemed an ideal match. Apart from arranged marriages, there are also love marriages and semi-arranged marriages, which are based more on the preferences and wishes of the partners than strict traditional norms. Though love marriages are forbidden by most families, the restrictions are loosening day by day, and inter-gender friendship is frowned upon by society.

Gallery

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  Giving turmeric to bride's forehead in Gaye Holud
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  A bride on her Bou Bhat in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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  Groom is praying according to Muslim marriage rituals
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  Traditional bride
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  Bride's hand with a large ring
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  Pitha for Gaye Holud
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  Fish as gift (designed as bride and groom) for Gaye Holud in Bangladesh
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  A Bengali Muslim bride's hand adorned with alta on her Gaye Holud

See also

• Bengali Hindu wedding
• Gaye Holud
• Bou Bhat
• Culture of Bangladesh
• Culture of Bengal