Arab weddings include a lunch one or two days beforehand. There are separate lunches held for men and women. The standard lunch consists of goat, served over yellow rice and almonds. Inside the huge 50 gallon cooking pots above, goats are prepared in a liquid sauce. The medium size bowls below contain a kind of seed mixed with a musty tasting homemade yogurt. The small dishes below) contain meat with tomato sauce and spices.
Tonight, there will be a large (gender separated) party where people will dance. Tomorrow is the big day, where the entire wedding party will caravan from the groom's house to the bride's house to pick her up - a very festive event! Then, at the hotel, there will be other (gender separated) parties with more dancing and cake. There is no formal ceremony for the exchanging of vows. The religious leader gives a paper to the groom legally marrying the couple to culminate the celebration.
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