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The Saudi Wedding Model

The Saudi Wedding Model

Saudi Arabia is a country occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula, west of the Persian Gulf and east of the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia has an area of 2,240,000 sq km (864,900 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Riyadh.

Every country has its own customs and tradittions that render it distinctive from all other countries of the world. Wedding ceremony is a feature that vary widely between almost all the world cities. It clearly reflects the age-old traditions of such countries and is affected by the changing traditions of successive generations.

Saudi Arabia is notable for the picturesque Saudi wedding ceremonies which render it a very distinctive country in this regard. In Saudi Arabia, when men and women want to get married, they prefer to buy new clothes and throw out old ones. They say this is a new life, so the couple need new clothes. On the day before the wedding, a small, joyful party where the bride as well as other girls dye their hands, and sometimes their feet, with henna.

On the wedding night, the man dresses in white clothes and a long cover called a Bisht, and the woman dresses in white. At the end of the wedding, the man goes with his father and relatives to his marriage room and sits to drink some coffee for a few minutes. Then they leave.

Then the woman comes with her mother and relatives and do the same thing. This removes the stress of the man and the woman, so they are together to start a new life. The morning after the wedding, the man gives a gift to his wife.

When the bride and groom start walking to the wedding cake, all the wedding guests move out of the way and look in anticipation at the bride and groom. Then the groom holds the bride’s hand carefully and together they hold the knife. After they cut a small piece of the cake, the groom holds the piece of cake and the bride eats a bit of it. After that the bride holds that piece of cake and lets the groom bite another bit of the piece. Then the attendants start cheering and clapping for them. The cutting of the cake symbolizes that the couple have started taking care of each other and looking after each other.

Our special thing is food. At the wedding party, Saudis cook special, traditional food–rice and a whole sheep on a big tray (Kabsa)–and they prepare 8-15 plates because usually there are a lot of people at the party.

After dinner, the bridegroom goes out from the back door and takes his wife to start their honeymoon, but sometimes–or usually–his friends will play big jokes on him. For example, they may take him before he leaves with his wife to have a picnic in a place he cannot get back from (the desert) for about 2-3 days to make him late for his honeymoon.
Playing pranks on the newlywed couple was also a tradition, which began with the intentions of warding off evil spirits. Loyal friends of the couple would do this in hopes that the spirits would take pity on the couple for already being picked upon enough, and would then leave the couple alone.

In conclusion, Saudi Arabia has a number of tourist areas visited by a large number of citizens for recreation during there leisure time. Through domestic tourism, citizens who come to know their country, including the tourist areas, the habit, the traditions and the architectural styles which distinguish each area. A tourist area is one which draws the visitor to its places of interest and beauty whether man-made or natural