So February has been and gone in a blink of an eye. The big event this
month was going to my first Indian wedding. It lasted over a weekend
with the actual ceromony on the Sunday. The girls and I bought new
fancy sarees and fake gold jewellery for the special occasion. Here is
my diary extracts for that exciting weekend. By the way , we invited 2
other PT volunteers to come join us for the wedding, our friends,
Rosie and Charlotte.
Saturday the 8th of February
Today we didn't eat until we got to the small wedding function at the
grooms house, around 9/10 o'clock. We got up and wrapped ourselves in
our sarees and headed to the grooms house for food. The function food
was delicious and I was enjoying the cacophonous Indian bands blaring
their trumpets and drums outside AND inside! That is 2 seperate bands
playing 2 different tunes, within a distance of a few meters from
each other. Boy were my ears ringing after that! We watched as the
groom was being prepared and blessed with rice and other offerings
being put on his head. After going home for a little break, we decided
to go on a walk. We managed to, accidentally, get caught up and join
the wedding procession through the streets. We walked for about 10
minutes until we reached the bus stand. Then we got on some school
busses and headed to Kandukur (AKA the bride's village) We had a LOT
of function food again (biriyani, potato curry, sambar, kurd, rice and
more and more rice!). When we were there we got to meet the bride. She
looked beautiful and was very excited about the wedding tomorrow. The
girls and I are really excited too :).
Sunday the 9th of February
Today we had lemon rice for tiffin. We went to Haseena's (Haseena is a
maths teacher at the school and is our friend) later on in the
afternoon so she could pdrepare us for the wedding today. Emily,
Charlotte and I got our new, fancy sarees done Rajasthani style, which
made me super excited. While Jo and Rosie opted for the classic Andhra
Pradesh style. It was probably the better choice as our saree material
is really stiff and the Rajasthani style does have the tendency to
make you look very poofy. I think I rocked the poofy look though :).
After Haseena did our hair and jewellery etc we headed back home to
find Sir and Madam ( Headmaster and Headmistress). When they saw us
all dressed up for the first time, they gasped and were nearly
laughing with happiness. Madam, who is literally one of the scariest
and intimidating woman I have ever met, was smiling and laughing. And
you have to believe me when I say that that doesn't happen often. She
was so happy, we were in shock. I think that's the first time she has
ever been happy with us. I would go as far to say Madam was proud of
us :). After we got over the shock a little bit, we went to the grooms
house and got pictures taken with him. He looked very handsome. Then
we headed out in the wedding procession, intentionally this time, and
walked to the wedding venue. It was about a 20/25 minute walk, but it
took longer in our itchy and uncomfortable sarees. The wedding
decorations were very tacky. I'm talking 2 massive yellow, neon,
flashing fake palm trees at the entrance. If that was only the outside
I think you can imagine the level of tackiness on the inside! Anyway
aside from the cheesy decorations, the bride looked absolutely
stunning in her red and gold saree. She was smiling constantly
throughout the whole night. The wedding food was so good. I had ice
cream! I haven't had ice cream in months! It was amazing, however I am
lactose intolerant so I do fear I will suffer later for my greed. We
didn't get home till it was late and very dark. We all collapsed in
our room and unravelled ourselves from the 9m of scratchiness and
sweat. We are all dreading school tomorrow. :(
The wedding was the most significant event
of this month and it's an
occasion that I will never forget. The rest of February was just
school, school and more school. There was Shivaraatri (Lord Shiva
festival), but all that happened was, me going to temple with Sir and
giving my offerings to god. The rest of the day was pretty lazy. I am
looking forward to 'my' festival in March...Holi! Stay posted for
March's blog update. :D :D :D
month was going to my first Indian wedding. It lasted over a weekend
with the actual ceromony on the Sunday. The girls and I bought new
fancy sarees and fake gold jewellery for the special occasion. Here is
my diary extracts for that exciting weekend. By the way , we invited 2
other PT volunteers to come join us for the wedding, our friends,
Rosie and Charlotte.
Saturday the 8th of February
Today we didn't eat until we got to the small wedding function at the
grooms house, around 9/10 o'clock. We got up and wrapped ourselves in
our sarees and headed to the grooms house for food. The function food
was delicious and I was enjoying the cacophonous Indian bands blaring
their trumpets and drums outside AND inside! That is 2 seperate bands
playing 2 different tunes, within a distance of a few meters from
each other. Boy were my ears ringing after that! We watched as the
groom was being prepared and blessed with rice and other offerings
being put on his head. After going home for a little break, we decided
to go on a walk. We managed to, accidentally, get caught up and join
the wedding procession through the streets. We walked for about 10
minutes until we reached the bus stand. Then we got on some school
busses and headed to Kandukur (AKA the bride's village) We had a LOT
of function food again (biriyani, potato curry, sambar, kurd, rice and
more and more rice!). When we were there we got to meet the bride. She
looked beautiful and was very excited about the wedding tomorrow. The
girls and I are really excited too :).
Sunday the 9th of February
Today we had lemon rice for tiffin. We went to Haseena's (Haseena is a
maths teacher at the school and is our friend) later on in the
afternoon so she could pdrepare us for the wedding today. Emily,
Charlotte and I got our new, fancy sarees done Rajasthani style, which
made me super excited. While Jo and Rosie opted for the classic Andhra
Pradesh style. It was probably the better choice as our saree material
is really stiff and the Rajasthani style does have the tendency to
make you look very poofy. I think I rocked the poofy look though :).
After Haseena did our hair and jewellery etc we headed back home to
find Sir and Madam ( Headmaster and Headmistress). When they saw us
all dressed up for the first time, they gasped and were nearly
laughing with happiness. Madam, who is literally one of the scariest
and intimidating woman I have ever met, was smiling and laughing. And
you have to believe me when I say that that doesn't happen often. She
was so happy, we were in shock. I think that's the first time she has
ever been happy with us. I would go as far to say Madam was proud of
us :). After we got over the shock a little bit, we went to the grooms
house and got pictures taken with him. He looked very handsome. Then
we headed out in the wedding procession, intentionally this time, and
walked to the wedding venue. It was about a 20/25 minute walk, but it
took longer in our itchy and uncomfortable sarees. The wedding
decorations were very tacky. I'm talking 2 massive yellow, neon,
flashing fake palm trees at the entrance. If that was only the outside
I think you can imagine the level of tackiness on the inside! Anyway
aside from the cheesy decorations, the bride looked absolutely
stunning in her red and gold saree. She was smiling constantly
throughout the whole night. The wedding food was so good. I had ice
cream! I haven't had ice cream in months! It was amazing, however I am
lactose intolerant so I do fear I will suffer later for my greed. We
didn't get home till it was late and very dark. We all collapsed in
our room and unravelled ourselves from the 9m of scratchiness and
sweat. We are all dreading school tomorrow. :(
The wedding was the most significant event of this month and it's an
occasion that I will never forget. The rest of February was just
school, school and more school. There was Shivaraatri (Lord Shiva
festival), but all that happened was, me going to temple with Sir and
giving my offerings to god. The rest of the day was pretty lazy. I am
looking forward to 'my' festival in March...Holi! Stay posted for
March's blog update. :D :D :D
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