Hi! Read all this with great interest and wonder if anyone here could clarify for me what happens when the groom arrives.

He comes with other men, right?

The women cover beforehand of course.

But when he and the bride leave, do the other men stay behind? Or did his companions even enter the celebration?

I read here that after the bride and groom leave, the party really begins in earnest. Does that mean, if the other men in the entourage stay, that the women stay covered and dance??

Also, what's with all the picture taking? I thought that was haram.

THANKS.
lilukii