Srinagar: The wedding season in Kashmir is losing its sheen amid the mutton crisis -- a problem that traders in the Valley attribute to an "illegal" levy imposed by Punjab on livestock passing through the state.
Weddings in Kashmir are incomplete without Wazwan, a traditional multi-course meat-based meal, acting as the ultimate culinary centrepiece in the celebrations. Around 500 kilogrammes of mutton and 150 kilogrammes of chicken are consumed at an average Kashmiri wedding, while more than a tonne of mutton is used at the lavish ones.
