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Question
Talk to your classmates and write all about what happens during weddings in their families.
- What kind of special food is cooked?
- What special clothes do the bride and bridegroom wear?
- What kinds of songs and dances are performed at weddings?
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Solution
A new member came into their family. All of them enjoyed themselves a lot on the eve of marriage.
- Sweets, pulao, puri, five types of vegetables were cooked on the eve of marriage.
- The bridegroom wore Shervani and pagri. The bride wore a lehenga and choli with a red dupatta.
- On the eve of weddings traditional, folk and modern songs and dances are performed.
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