Pakistan: Lahore University Students Get 'Fake' Married At Annual Cultural Fest, Internet Calls It 'Cringe'

We have heard of annual fests having concerts and food stalls but rarely does any university band together to celebrate a fake wedding every year. However, at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan even the unthinkable is possible.

University In Lahore Celebrates A Fake Wedding Annually At Fest

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Recently, videos and images from a ¡°fake¡± wedding at the university that was celebrated by its students surfaced on the internet. The custom stunned many online as the festivities were full-blown wedding ceremonies all in the name of adding a bit of joy to a student¡¯s college life.

LUMS celebrates the event as an annual bash and calls it a ¡°batch shaadi¡±. Students pick out who would get to play the role of the bride and groom in the make-believe wedding and then all the events are laid out. From glittering attires to a lit-up campus, everything is arranged and carried out with utmost sincerity.

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In the snippets shared on Twitter, the clip shows how the bride and the groom are dressed according to the event, the students who act as baaratis dance to Bollywood songs to celebrate the sangeet and even carry out a fake bidai ceremony for the bride.

A Twitter user shared glimpses of the festivities from the campus wedding and wrote, ¡°Lums having an annual fake shaadi, where two seniors are picked to get married, sounds so fun.¡±

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Lums having an annual fake shaadi, where two seniors are picked to get married, sounds so fun. pic.twitter.com/B5inkSmivB

¡ª Lord Ayan (@ayan_khan17) March 12, 2023

The Internet Was Not Too Impressed With The Custom

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People online were unimpressed by the university culture and life of the students on campus. One user left a snarky comment, ¡°People in other universities are teaching quantum mechanics/ thermodynamics and they're busy doing mujra.¡±

People in other universities are teaching quantum mechanics/ thermodynamics and they're busy doing mujra

¡ª Shama?? (@Mahrooshama) March 13, 2023

While another was content with their own college, ¡°Just another day of me thanking Allah for making me choose this med school torture over lums.¡±

Just another day of me thanking Allah for making me choose this med school torture over lums ?

¡ª Procrastination?_(¥Ä)_/? (@BakhtJuttt) March 13, 2023

Another suggested, ¡°It would have been better if they had selected a real couple.¡±

It would have been better if they had selected a real couple

¡ª Mehreen ¡î (@_Orophile) March 14, 2023

One user commented, ¡°I am happy that they are happy but can't help to think that LUMS is supposedly the premier institution in Pak with students coming from families who have money and exposure and somehow they are stuck at bollywood/weddings?¡±

I am happy that they are happy but can't help to think that LUMS is supposedly the premier institution in Pak with students coming from families who have money and exposure and somehow they are stuck at bollywood/weddings?

¡ª Ibrahim Khan (@UftKhan) March 13, 2023

A fellow simply commented, ¡°Cringe.¡±

Cringe ?

¡ª Rabee¡¯a Abrar ????? (@rubiaabrar) March 13, 2023

Not everyone who came across the fake wedding was at odds with the annual event at LUMS. One user was envious, ¡°what a memory to have......wow.¡±

what a memory to have......wow

¡ª Vinci Da (@aadhadhura) March 13, 2023

While another noted that things are good since the college students are enjoying their youth, ¡°Everything here js good they are having fun at campus..¡±

Everything here js good they are having fun at campus..

¡ª Muhammad Talha (@Muhamma03552403) March 13, 2023