have we been invited to a wedding ceremony that is other than a formal and a

well-mannered event. Our familiarization with the wedding ceremony, however, is in

sharp contrast with the traditional marriage ceremony of the Momna community, a

minority group in eastern Pakistan from where I come. In this community, the marriage

ceremony lasts for two days, with rituals that are not only unique, but extremely amusing,

interesting, and sometimes not very serious.

The first part of the ceremony, called "pithi", is perhaps the most humorous of all.

The bridegroom is lead by his mother from his room to a chair in the living room where

family members, relatives, and friends of the bridegroom are gathered to take part in this

ritual. Traditionally, the father of the bridegroom does not participate in this event, so the

mother, being the next head of the family, initiates the pithi, placing a small block of sugar

in the groom's mouth, furiously rubbing his face with a fa

bride's friends, relatives, and family members all offer gifts to the bridegroom. After the

Wedding ceremony in the Momna community is very unique because it's rituals are

seriousness between the friends of the bride and groom. When the bridegroom walks out

friends and a noisy dispute between the two arises. In my cousin's wedding ceremony, for

of the Momna community, do not take it lightheartedly, for you might miss the

her run by taking uncooked rice from a plate under the groom's chair and passionately

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