Abdul Rahim Sarban Bero" is played in every Persian wedding as the bride walks to the aisle, in the same manner as Wagner's Bridal Chorus "Here Comes the Bride" is played each time a bride in the west walks the aisle. His song such as Ay Sarban is covered by hugely popular singers such as Googoosh (from Iran) and Ahmad Zahir from Afghanistan. Every successful musician from Ahmad Zahir to Farhad Darya cite him as one of their main influences. Sarban was born in Saragy, an old area of Kabul to the prominent and highly respected Mahmoody family. His father was a well
Bridal Chorus William of Prussia in 1858. The chorus is sung in "Lohengrin" by the women of the wedding party after the ceremony, as they accompany the heroine Elsa to her bridal chamber. Although at most weddings the chorus is usually played on an organ without singing, in "Lohengrin" the wedding party sings these words at the beginning of act three. Eight women then sing a blessing to a separate melody. The chorus then repeats the first section, gradually proceeding offstage. Many pastors of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod oppose the "Bridal Chorus" because of both pre-First World War Lutheran opposition to the