The Happy Couples from Above

Before going on vacation, Mags and I attended a Walima (post-wedding) ceremony for local twin brothers and their new brides. I took photos in the evening as a family friend and not professionally and really enjoyed taking people having fun. So Mags and I wish good luck to two charming young couples, Raheem and Israh (in front) and Waseem and Sarah. The new husbands both wore kilt outfits, but with different colours of tartan, to match their brides' stunning outfits.

 

Walima or Valima (Arabic: وليمة‎ walīmah), or the marriage banquet, is the second of the two traditional parts of an Islamic wedding. The walima is performed after the nikah, (Arabic: نكاح‎) or marriage ceremony. The word walima is derived from awlam, meaning to gather or assemble. It designates a feast in Arabic . Walima is used as a symbol to show domestic felicity in the household post-marriage. While walima is often used to describe a celebration of marriage, it is also held to celebrate the birth of a newborn and the purchase of a new home.

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