Some Sweet Moments of a Lebanese Engagement

The engagement parties in Lebanon are normally thrown by the bride’s family. Months of planning goes into creating the perfect setting for that precious moment. Since the youth of Lebanon is a regular to nightclubs and movie theatres, the pomp and splendor of the movies often spills on to real life engagement ceremonies.

Since the ceremony is defined entirely by the rings exchanges by the bride and the groom, getting the rings involves a search that often lasts for months. To get the perfect engagement rings Lebanon men often take a sabbatical from work and concentrate wholly on the search for that perfect piece of art.

A Lebanese engagement party often lasts for more than a day and is full of food, drinks and dances. A traditional rose-water drink called Sharbat. Belly dancers are also invited to perform at these events. One difference that Lebanese engagements have as compared to engagements in other countries is that here the rings are worn on the right hand instead of the left. After exchange of the engagement rings Lebanon families also have a henna party, which is the Lebanese version of a bachelor party.