Pakeer Baith – Ampara
Pakeer Baith is a traditional performance of Muslims in Ampara.
This performance is based on the sequences of a Muslim wedding from the
beginning to the end of the wedding. It starts with the choosing of a groom for
the bride. Then bride’s relations come to the groom’s home and register the
wedding on Islamic law in front of Mosque Maraikkar and Lebbai. This event is
called Kaavin. The Groom, his friends, and his relatives go to the bride’s home
around 8.00 in the night. The interesting part of the Muslim wedding from a
folk music tradition is when the groom reaches the bride’s home and sits on the
chair and the special wedding song called Manamangala Malai is sung. The wedding
procession finishes with the Sabaash, Duas and Sayiny Aaamin. The groom and
bride are then joined together in their wedded life.
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