I went to a lovely Nepali wedding. For this I had to be dressed up in this gorgeous sari. It is all rangichangi(coloured) and gillymilly(glittery)
The ceremony was very moving as the girl is somewhat subdued. This is the day she has to say goodbye to her parents and church and move into the bridegroom's parents' house. We had a wonderful feast of daal rice, various curries and generally had our fill. Then we went by bus, following the happy couple, to the grooms home which he shared with his parents. There was another ceremony there when the bride was welcomed to the home and to the church. The grooms father is an elder at our church here in Nepal. More food followed and then dancing and singing. I feel very privileged to have been part of this. Actually I was the only bideshi (foreigner) left standing at the end of the day and was escorted home by my women friends from the church!! (No nothing alcoholic passed my lips!) What fun it all was and I felt so welcomed there. No sure about wearing this lovely sari all day though. I managed to keep it all in one place, but there is a special way of having the folds fall and it took 3 people to put it on me, with much laughter. At any point a nepali lady will come up and adjust ones folds as it always has to be just so. In this picture you can see the big tureens of rice, curry etc. Delicious!!
The ceremony was very moving as the girl is somewhat subdued. This is the day she has to say goodbye to her parents and church and move into the bridegroom's parents' house. We had a wonderful feast of daal rice, various curries and generally had our fill. Then we went by bus, following the happy couple, to the grooms home which he shared with his parents. There was another ceremony there when the bride was welcomed to the home and to the church. The grooms father is an elder at our church here in Nepal. More food followed and then dancing and singing. I feel very privileged to have been part of this. Actually I was the only bideshi (foreigner) left standing at the end of the day and was escorted home by my women friends from the church!! (No nothing alcoholic passed my lips!) What fun it all was and I felt so welcomed there. No sure about wearing this lovely sari all day though. I managed to keep it all in one place, but there is a special way of having the folds fall and it took 3 people to put it on me, with much laughter. At any point a nepali lady will come up and adjust ones folds as it always has to be just so. In this picture you can see the big tureens of rice, curry etc. Delicious!!
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