Our goal for the afternoon was to view the ‘border ceremony’ at the Indian/Pakistani border. This is a pomp and circumstance that occurs every night to the delight of grandstands full of onlookers. Kinda a cross between a military parade and roller derby. But…..that is in the next post. Here we will tell a story of how we crashed an Indian wedding and ended up meeting the bride and groom.
As many of you know, weddings are a big thing in India. Their wedding venues are huge and extravagant. Weddings are typically two days. This was day two for this wedding.
By mid-afternoon, lots of food had been consumed as well as lots of liquor, everyone is having a great time.
We were the only Westerners there, lots of smiles
Disco!
Rather than just walking around taking pictures, we were asked to join in the festivities. Our new best friends.
LOTS of toasts.
These bagpipers announced the bride and groom
This is the happy couple, taken with my telephoto.
This is our inside man. He made things happen. Real friendly, but wouldn’t smile for pictures.
Note, same expression on his face. We soon discovered he was the brother of the bride. We had our connection. Next, onstage.
We did it, (or he did). We didn’t realize till we were looking at the pictures later that he was in the middle. Same expression.
Gloria meeting the mother of the bride!
Inside this gargantuan pavilion was more food! We finally dug in. Best food of our vacation! A Great Time!!
As many of you know, weddings are a big thing in India. Their wedding venues are huge and extravagant. Weddings are typically two days. This was day two for this wedding.
By mid-afternoon, lots of food had been consumed as well as lots of liquor, everyone is having a great time.
We were the only Westerners there, lots of smiles
Disco!
Rather than just walking around taking pictures, we were asked to join in the festivities. Our new best friends.
LOTS of toasts.
These bagpipers announced the bride and groom
This is the happy couple, taken with my telephoto.
This is our inside man. He made things happen. Real friendly, but wouldn’t smile for pictures.
Note, same expression on his face. We soon discovered he was the brother of the bride. We had our connection. Next, onstage.
We did it, (or he did). We didn’t realize till we were looking at the pictures later that he was in the middle. Same expression.
Gloria meeting the mother of the bride!
Inside this gargantuan pavilion was more food! We finally dug in. Best food of our vacation! A Great Time!!
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