Isn’t nikah marriage?

asalamalakim brothers and sisters,

I have a question about nikah, based on my knowledge, a nikah in Islam is a marriage contract, but my family are saying that once the nikah is done the wife and I can’t have intercourse or really sleep together in a room yet until a wedding or celebration is done to fully complete the nikah?

I never honestly heard this from anyone, is this some culture practice or Islamic belief?

Edit: So now if I do the nikah with my fiance and all that I can’t get close to her ? Isn’t she my wife then after the nikah is done?

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