Ofcourse Wedding expenditure is waste one.. Bt i question is anybody here is ready to hold the knots wit 4 or 5 people around u.?? Tats none.. Its an 1 tym event and none wants it to b soo simple.. The culture s been leaded tat way and., am nt sure or am not aware still, in my surroundings the richest spends more on wedding, the poorest spends less, which doesnt harm their daily cycles (tat includes dowry too). And today even youngsters of age above 25 they started savin themselves for thr own wedding and the savings are meant to b the extra amount from their daily expenditure and tats not gonna harm thr life cycle i feel.. Its juz my opinion