no, not me!
my cousin got married thanksgiving weekend.
twice!
saturday i attended the couple’s sikh wedding ceremony. it was my first time attending a sikh ceremony; it was very interesting, and much shorter than a hindu wedding!
it was held at a gurdwara, or sikh temple. as a place of worship, it was appropriate and respectful to remove our shoes and cover our heads during the ceremony.
sunday i attended the couple’s hindu wedding ceremony. i even got to participate in the welcoming of the groom’s party!
indian weddings have many rituals and traditions.
the pre-wedding festivities are most fun!
words cannot do justice to the revelry; here’s a video clip of a sikh wedding tradition called milni where both families exchange well wishes (dancing and drumming. gifts and garlands)…
(for you trivia buffs, the drum in the video is called a dhol)
October 11th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
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October 14th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Love your pictures!