Wedding # Speaking Section
Wedding are the most common thing in a country. There shall be rarely any country where no one marries. Keeping this in mind, often questions in IELTS are asked about wedding. These questions are asked in the first part of the IELTS speaking section.
1. Have you ever been to wedding?
Yes, I have been to wedding many a times.
2. Whose wedding was it?
I have been to wedding of my relatives and friends. I have also gone to wedding of friends of friends.
3. What clothes do people wear in weddings?
Mostly people wear traditional clothes. Women usually wear saree, suit or lehanga. Men wear, sherwani or other formals. However, it all also depends on the relationship one shares with the person getting married. People who are just acquaintances often come in casual clothes.
4. How is wedding celebrated in your culture.
Everyone has their own way of celebrating weddings. In our culture, the guests arrive before the bride and the groom. Next comes the groom, sitting on a horse and all his relatives come along with him. After some times, comes the bride with her sisters beside her, like a queen and the groom makes her sit on the stage. Then the “jaimal” i.e the bride and groom share garlands with each other. Next on, the other ceremonies take place. It is after seven circumambulations that they are considered married couple.
5. What sort of gifts do people give to the bride and groom?
People mostly give gifts that will be helpful for the married couple in their married life. Some give crockery or dresses for the bride and groom or electronic items. There are even people who give money. But the most important thing is they all give blessings and I think that is the most important gift anyone could give.