We’re Polish living in Germany and were invited to a wedding in India by a friend of ours. The groom is Indian and the bride is Mexican, to make things more complicated. It’s planned at the end of November. That’s the first time going to India for us, we don’t know much about the culture. We don’t know what we should get them as a gift. What would be a good idea for a gift? What’s traditionally gifted there?
There’s supposed to be another wedding in Mexico next year, to which we’ll also be invited, so in case you have any ideas for that wedding - feel free to chime in already!
Thanks for all the responses!
so… a blender is probably off the table?
I’d suggest just straight up asking. if they insist on nothing- and you still want to, something small and fun. maybe a gag gift that’ll make everyone laugh, or just something that’s ‘you’.
I went to a Sikh wedding a while ago, the groom’s family was Sikh and the bride’s family was from Vancouver. After the service the bride and groom sat on the floor while people talked to them from behind. As they were turned to talk to the people behind them everyone else would pass in front of them and leave money in their laps. There were no gifts.
They also did a North American type reception a few days later and there were gifts for that but they were registered.
You reminded me about my neighbour wedding. She get together with Scottish guy and tradition was that theyr fathers have to wear national dress of the other one.
So my neighbour had a kilt and the Scott had something like this:
Link broken, must say I have never seen that interpreted as clothes, but you can definitely do some fun stuff with it.
It may be blocked by your browser. Some of our sites can’t get their heads out of the butt and switch to https.
Probably why. I did however managed to get some pictures of the clothes by search for the link instead, so it worked out in the end.
Mexican here. Gifts are a must in mexican weddings, but I know nothing about Indian culture. As the actual wedding taking place in India, one must assume it’ll be tied to Indian weddings protocol, so I would suggest you ask your friend about this.
Does the couple have a gift registry?
Not that we know of. There was also nothing mentioned on the invitation. We’ll most likely just ask them as some has suggested.
Money for indians. Im in the UK and depending on how close you are you we typically give anywhere from £20 upwards. Theres a tradition of giving an extra£1 though so it would actually be £21, £31, £51 ect.
Mexican gifts are usually money. They’ll even have a dance where guests pin money on the bride and groom while they dance.
