Wedding Party

Today  is  my  sister Anjali 's wedding   anniversary.

Habib, the son of  the  baker who baked

her  wedding  cake  visited  us   today

after years and  years.

What  a  surprise!

I  told  him what  day  it  was and  how

it  was linked to his family

and he  was amazed.

He  was  a  young boy  then,

he  is  42  years old  he  said.

A wedding   party ( procession or baaraat)

was  passing  down our  street ,

so  I  went to  the  gate  to  take  pictures.

In  the  top photo you can see  the DJ van,

from where  the   loud  music emanates.

The   lighted umbrellas look  pretty.

These  people  were  getting  ready, waiting 

for  the  groom 's  family and friends  to  assemble.

I couldn 't  get  better  shots

because  I  did not  want  to 

catch  anyone 's  attention.

There  are lots  of  wedding halls

and  hotels  in  our  area.

These  pictures  are  blurry

as they  were taken with  a  mobile  phone.

Indians  enjoy loud, colorful,

ritual  laden weddings. The Royal  wedding  last week

was  a  big  hit  here.

This posh hotel is another

place  the  groom 's  party stays.

The  bride 's  family foots  the  bill.

The Jeevan Saathi Wedding Hall.

A cousin of  mine had  his

reception here some  years  back.

This  wedding  guest  house  is  a  stone 's  throw

from my  house.

Two big wedding halls flank it.

It gets noisy during  wedding  season.

Read  an  execellent  post

on  the  royal  wedding  on the

MATTER OF FACT  blog.

It  has  been  written by

Pastor  Mark Minor.