Hi, Recently started watching the show to kill boredom
My two bits - yes, there's only Nikaah & Walimah in Islam. Rasms are done for the families to enjoy their happiness together. When my dadima got married, (about 90 yrs ago), the rasms started 2-3 weeks before the actual nikaah & continued for another couple of weeks. Entire families used to come & stay together & help in the preparations. Shadi took place in the homes.
Nowadays, people don't have so much time, therefore the rasms too have gotten reduced. Also a north Indian nikaah & rasms will be hugely different from that of a south Indian one. Similarly Indian nikaah will be vastly different from an Arab one or French or German.
Edited by hamzanuha - 12 years ago
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