Social, religious activists resent late night Baraat receptions Mahraaz Sab timings have crossed all barriers of reasonability Follow Up GK CITY CORRESPONDENT SmallerDefaultLarger Srinagar, Aug 16: With traditional Chefs, the Wazas of Kashmir denouncing the practice of late wedding parties, citing difficulties faced by their workforce, Valleys social and religious activists have held the trend of late arrival of Baraat at the brides house as the main reason for the cultural waywardness. The late arrival of bridegroom (at the brides home) has now become a norm in Kashmir and most of the times early departure or arrival of Baraat is discouraged and even resented. One fails to understand why the Baraat needs to arrive past midnight at the brides house. One even fails to give a proper name to the meal/feast served at 1 am or 2 am. You can neither call it dinner nor breakfast. It just doesnt make sense, a senior journalist wishing anonymity told Greater Kashmir. The concerns of the chefs are valid. We shouldnt expect them to prepare Wazwaan the whole day and then serve it past midnight; they are humans too. Post midnight Mahraaz Sab is the main culprit that causes inconvenience to all - chefs, workers, hosts and even the guests. President Anjuman-e-Behbood-e-Ashpazan, Ghulam Nabi Baba, agrees that the timing of Baraat, the Mahraaz Sab as it is called in local parlance, has broken all barriers of reasonability. We always tell our customers that the last serving should be made before 10 pm but no guests arrive by that time and then we keep mum - thinking of the importance of the familys occasion and their dignity in the society. He fears that a few years from now nobody would be ready to practice the Waza profession. People are quitting this profession and looking for other avenues to make their living. The new generation in particular is absolutely not ready to follow our footsteps as the job is getting too demanding by the day, he says and laments the lack of self-discipline in the society. Social activist and writer, Imdad Saqi says that the extravagance and late night wedding functions have both religious and social implications. We all call ourselves reformists but when it comes to adopting those reforms, we tend to fail under social or family pressure. First of all if we sleep at 3 AM, how come would we be able to wake up for Fajr prayers. Even our children have to skip school if they attend late marriage parties. And above all we hold hostage the Wazas, tent Walas and other service providers, he laments. Stating that the practice further leads to social, cultural and moral waywardness, Saqi says a positive change was witnessed when wedding would take place in daytime during peak militancy in 90s. We should return to that practice for us to live a healthy social life, he said adding all these Biddah have been created by us of our own.It (late and extravagant wedding) gives rise to social waywardness and clearly falls in the category of Biddah. Moreover, it has extreme social and religious implications, and the results are evident, opines a religious scholar and Imam of a City Masjid. Meanwhile in a desperate tone, President Anjuman-e-Behbood-e-Ashpazan, Ghulam Nabi Baba says: For Gods sake treat us as humans and let the marriages be celebrated in a humane way!
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 02:30:40 +0000
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