The wedding drew students from India, Pakistan, Nepal and other South Asian regions, as well as those who are not South Asian. Mock wedding events have existed in various forms for decades. In Canada, a musical group called Betta Boyz hosted a large mock Nigerian wedding at a Calgary banquet hall in July 2022. Bollywood films, reality television shows like “Indian Matchmaking” and magazine spreads featuring “ultrarich weddings” all contribute to wedding-related fervor. “There is this entire media industry around images of glamorous, luxurious, extravagant, highly indulgent weddings,” she said.

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Persons: Sumayyah Muhit, ”, Ms, Muhit, Rijuta Mehta Organizations: Bengali, New York Institute of Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Twitter, University of Toronto Locations: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sylhet, Bangladesh, Asia, Canada, Calgary, South Asia