Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Pakistan's Punjab province limits wedding feasts

Pakistan's Punjab province limits wedding feasts

The cultural pressure to throw a big wedding cuts across the class spectrum in this largely impoverished country of 160 million people, where the World Bank estimates per capita income is about $800 a year. Families sometimes go into deep debt to pay for a wedding beyond their means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistani_wedding