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A clear guide to the walima, the groom's family's wedding feast after the nikah: who hosts, when it happens, what to wear, and how BC families style it.
Priya Iyer
South Asian Weddings Editor
The Masthead
A team writing from Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, the Okanagan, and beyond, covering every major cultural wedding tradition and the money side of planning one.
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A clear guide to the walima, the groom's family's wedding feast after the nikah: who hosts, when it happens, what to wear, and how BC families style it.
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