Tag archive for ‘muslim wedding’
A Moroccan Wedding from the Medina of Fez
Gate to the old city of Fez, Morocco
A blog called “The View from Fez: Observations from the Medina of Fez in Morocco” published a nice series of photos of a traditional (if somewhat lavish) Moroccan wedding in the city of Fez. The authors of the blog were invited in 2009 to attend the wedding of Si Mohamed and Hakima, a Moroccan couple. Tom Fakler took the photographs.
The bride and groom were married a few months ago, but according to Moroccan and Islamic tradition, couldn’t begin their life together until they had celebrated properly with family and friends. The party, known as a walimah, took place at one of the wedding halls in the new city of Fez.
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- The groom Si Mohamed with his sisters
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- Henna patterns on the bride Hakima’s hands
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- Si Mohamed ready for the wedding ceremony
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- The bride and groom enter the wedding hall – Hakima wearing a splendid silver dress and carried aloft on a silver wedding chair, and Si Mohamed on horseback
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- The wedding guests are treated to a multitude of sweet cakes, mint tea and fruit juice.
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- The wedding cake is actually seven cakes around a centerpiece
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- Bride and groom start the dancing
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- There are several changes of costume for both. First the bride wears blue…
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- then bride and attendants change into lavender, as she is carried in another wedding chair
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- a traditional wedding dress with gold jewelry
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- then the bride looks like a forest queen in a green dress
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- and lastly, a traditional Western-style white dress
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- Everyone enjoys the party as bride and groom dance.
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- Gate to the old city of Fez, Morocco
Two Malaysian Muslim Weddings
Kuala Lumpur wedding: Bride and groom with the cake. (Editor’s note: the fellow on the left is Tom)
The photos are by Tom, a European fellow living in Malaysia, from his Southeast Asia travel blog at http://studioplum.be/travelblog/
The photo captions are Tom’s. Click on the thumbnails below to see the full photos.
Two Malaysian Muslim Weddings: One in Perlis and One in Kuala Lumpur:
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- A Muslim wedding in Perlis, Malaysia. Ain, Akma, Leilah the bride, Miza, Zira and euhmm Zira’s twin?
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- Perlis wedding: The official Islamic ritual… groom gets his ‘commandments’ before he gets to see the bride. Meanwhile I was struggling with a worm that had gotten into in my pants. haha.
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- Perlis wedding: Being a single guy, I felt kinda weird there however. See why?
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- Perlis wedding: The official kiss. I slept later that night in that corner. Glad that worm didn’t came after me again.
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- Kuala Lumpur wedding: Bride and groom with the cake. (Editor’s note: the fellow on the left is Tom)
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- Kuala Lumpur: The women at the wedding
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- Kuala Lumpur: Men at the wedding playing drums and singing
Muslim Wedding in England: One Photo
One photo only of a Muslim wedding in England, from hydrus.pl
Muslim wedding in England
I was reviewing old posts recently, and I came across this one, in which I published a single photo as a post. I thought, “Why did I do that?” Lol. But it’s an interesting photo.
I’m guessing this is a Pakistani wedding? That must be the groom in the foreground, with the scarlet and white shalwar khamees, and the turban. And behind them the pretty Pakistani girls with their long black hair.
Muslim Wedding in Conakry, Capital of Guinea, West Africa
Conakry, capital of Guinea in West Africa
Conakry or Konakry (Malinké: Kɔnakiri) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. The city is a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about two million. Guinea used to be part of the Songhai Empire until 1591, and then a subsequent Islamic state in the 18th century that brought stability and prosperity to the region. Around the same time Fulani Muslims immigrated to Guinea. The capital city, Conakry, was founded under French rule in 1890. Today Guinea has 24 ethnic groups, of which the Fulani form 40%. The population is 85% Muslim.
Grand Mosque in Conakry, Guinea
Here we see a wedding in the city of Conakry. These photos were posted on Picasa by Chantal:
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A Moroccan Wedding from the Medina of Fez
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Two Malaysian Muslim Weddings
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Muslim Wedding in England: One Photo
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Muslim Wedding in Conakry, Capital of Guinea, West Africa
