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Read our privacy notice . Call me biased, but there’s nothing like attending an Indian wedding. The rituals, the noise, the multi-day spectacle.
The food . It’s such a sought-after experience that tourists can pay for a spot on some guestlists when visiting the Subcontinent. It sure beats sightseeing on a hop-on/hop-off bus.
But economic crisis or not, I can’t see a trend for ticketed weddings taking off in the UK, so if you’ve been invited to upcoming nuptials, you’d be mad to miss it. The question of what to wear to an Indian wedding can be a challenge, even if, like me, it’s part of your culture. While you can wear an appropriate Western wedding guest dress to some of the events, you may want to join in with the celebrations with something more traditional for the ceremony.
What to wear depends on the sort of wedding you’re attending. Indian wedding is a broad term that typically spans Hindu, Sikh and sometimes Muslim ceremonies, each with its own dress codes, customs, decoration and details. Then there are cultural differences depending on family roots.
For instance, in Gujarat, a north Indian state, women drape their saris differently than Tamil ladies from the south. If you want to get your.
