Muslim Wedding Gowns

Posted in: Wedding Gowns | July 11th 2010 | no comments

Wedding gowns, as well as wedding receptions, sometimes differ quite much from a tradition, culture or continent to another. If in Europe and America you will mostly find white dresses, designed after specific patterns, in China and Japan, the red color is predominant for wedding gowns, for it is said that red color brings good luck. The same happens with the wedding gowns’ styles and names: maybe in one but also two pieces in Europe and Southern China, but in one piece in the north of China and called Qi Pao. In Japan, for example, the wedding gowns are white kimonos, also known as “shiro-maku”. While in the Islamic culture the muslim wedding gown is the two piece white abaya, with a more or less close imitation of the ordinary dresses wore by muslim women.

strong>The muslim wedding gowns are, actually, the day-to-day dresses wore by women, bearing the Islamic beliefs and traditions, that include the head covering, imposed to the muslim brides too and are known for the multiple layers that cover the proper dress. For women from Saudi   Arabia, the wedding dress, or the abaya, is the same with the wedding gown, differentiated by texture, color and the multitude of details. Do not forget that muslim brides have to obey to the Islamic tradition and rules of wearing a full dress, with none of the body parts left exposed. In order to entirely respect their culture, some brides choose wearing gloves that match their dress colors.



But the muslim wedding gowns differ from region to region, so that in countries like India, it can be a beautifully bright-red sari, like in Palestine also, wore with a veil that suits the dress and, here, brides are allowed to wear sleeveless dresses. Similar to the Indian sari is the Guntiino, the Somali wedding dress, very colorful and worn underneath with a Googaro, a wrap that covers the muslim bride’s head. Apart from these, in some regions the wedding gowns are long, simple skirts, sewed with beads and covered by copes also known as Jalabeeb or Burga, while their heads are wrapped in Masars or Coantinos.



Brides from the Islamic culture can wear Western designs and have the same aspect like the Western brides, without having their heads or shoulders covered, but this only in some regions. Just for belonging to another culture and being influenced by more severe rules, it doesn’t mean that a muslim bride can’t wear a modern wedding gown on her wedding day, but this is possible only within the rules imposed by the Islamic religion. You will find such a dress a remarkable work of art, because one wedding gown a muslim woman has once in life and it is considered one of the most appreciated material values passed from generation to generation.

Speaking for myself, I find the muslim wedding gowns the most priceless wedding gowns of all the dresses in the world, bearing tradition, strong beliefs and a mysterious, nevertheless old culture.