WATCH the incredible moment a groom’s father showers wedding guests with cash from a private plane.
Viral footage shows a light aircraft circling over the party whilst Pakistani music sounds below.
Plumes of paper flutter from the plane and down through the sky – and it soon becomes clear it is cash.
Guests can be seen gazing and pointing into the sky in disbelief as the notes float to the ground.
The money falls around the large party, with guests sitting at tables and milling around a courtyard.
The father from Hyderabad, a city in the southern Sindh province of Pakistan, hired the plane for the extravagant stunt in his excitement at his son’s marriage.
The reception was at the bride’s house, meaning the money fell onto his daughter-in-law’s land.
Millions of rupees fell through the sky – equivalent to tens of thousands of pounds.
The user who shared the video on X wrote: “The bride’s father’s request…
“The groom’s father rented a plane for his son’s wedding and dropped millions of rupees on the bride’s house.
“Now it seems the groom will continue to pay off his father’s debt for the rest of his life,” the post in Urdu read.”
The man’s behaviour was met with both bemusement and criticism for being wasteful when so many people in Pakistan live in poverty.
One user responded: “Instead of throwing cash from the skies, this money could have been used to help the underprivileged.”
Another wrote: “This is an example of how not to spend your wealth.”
A third commenter saw the lighter side, quipping: “Forget the groom; the bride’s neighbours must be the happiest people right now.”
The eye-catching stunt is the latest in a growing trend of unusual and lavish gestures at weddings in south Asia.
Recently, a wedding car in India went viral because it was decorated entirely with vegetables such as carrots and radishes.
At another matrimonial celebration the happy couple rolled in on a bull cars in a nod to their agricultural heritage.
Other families have been recorded bursting crackers outside their homes or even challenging newlyweds to complete odds tasks after tying the knot.
Perhaps the most unusual story of all involves a bride making her way to the wedding stage whilst enclosed in a giant transparent balloon.
Performers dressed as Lord Krishna and the Goddess Radha danced around the bride as she made her entrance.
