Weddings in Saudi Arabia                                           

                    

                   Weddings in Saudi Arabia are very much different than weddings in the states in every shape and aspect. But first let me give you an overview of how people get married to each other. Since having a relationship between a man and a woman is forbidden in Islam, getting proposed to directly from a guy that you know is not an option. The way things work is, when a guy wants to get married he would ask his mother and sisters to look for a bride and when every they find a bride that they think will be perfect  would go to the girls house and the guy will propose to her father. Then the girl has to see that guy and the guy must see the girl as well. In Marriages in Saudi Arabia said: "Marriage in Saudi Arabia is propagated by the elders of the prospective bride and the initiation of the proposal from the groom's side may be by himself to her father or through his parents. Generally womenfolk keep an eye for the eligible bride around like the groom's sister or mother who would look for the alliance as per his preference. After seeing an alliance, they would inform the prospective groom or the father of the groom who would then try to contact the family members of the groom.". So in Islam there is something that is called eshofa eshreya. It is like going out for a cup of coffee with a guy/girl to get to know her before getting serious and see if she/ he is perfect for you. So after eshofa eshreya the father asks the girl if she wants him as a husband what is know about Saudi marriages on the media is wrong it is always the girls choice to choose who every she wants to get married to no one can force her to get married it is a non Muslim act to do so plus the Shakh “the person who marry them has to hear the brides O.K. to this marriage otherwise it is a wrong one and if she does, the guy must provide the girl with something that is called mahr. Mahr is an amount of mony or any thing that is considered wealth to the given country that should be given to the bride as a symbol that the this bride who is getting married is a preciouses one and she is not being given away so simply. Mahr varies in types based on different cultures, here in Saudi Arabia the type of mahr is money. Almost all guys when they want to get married they have to save up LOTS of money in order to get married. Of course Mahr is something that is an obligation from the groom to the bride by Islamic law. Nowadays people get crazy with mahr it can get up to millions of dollars to thousands. The median amount of mahr would be between 20,000-15,000 dollars. There are other things and gifts that should be provided for the bride when on the engagement day for example: he must provide here with a full set of diamond or gold earnings, nucleus, bracelet, a non engagement ring, and an engagement ring, new furniture for their home, a wedding, and in some families even the brides dress must be paid by the groom . On  the other hand, Unlike The United States, Saudi Arabian marriages starts after 9:00pm and can last until 7:00am. The bride will walk down the aisle somewhere around 12:00am-1:00am.Normally in Saudi Arabia weddings are celebrated in to two separate weeding halls. One is for male weddings and the other is for females .I think  the wedding in Saudi  Arabia is very expensive.  ..