Sun 27 Aug 2006
I went to an Indian wedding last weekend, and I must say they totally beat out Western ones. Beautiful flowers everywhere, lots of well wishing…
Both families sit opposite each other with the son/daughter sitting next to them. Lots of prayers in between. Then they have a cloth tied to each other and walk around a flame.
Then more praying…
Next time they walk around the flame, they are sitting on the opposite side, next to the others’ family. I think that’s really a beautiful and symbolic gesture.
Plus there are lots of flowers around everyone’s neck, and at the end everyone there gets to throw flowers on the newlyweds. Audience participation rocks.
Plus the bhangra! It makes everything way more awesome 
January 30th, 2007 at 4:05
[…] India is a huge place. In fact you could make an entire 7 day vacation out of one or two cities. Start any trip there to New Delhi and enjoy a very, very favorable exchange rate if you’re traveling with US dollars or the Euro. India has a population over 1 billion people with the average person earning $500 per year which means the streets are very crowded and you’ll see poor people everywhere. If you can get over that you’ll have opened up yourself for a vacation to one of the world’s most mystical and culturally dense places (that happens to have English as one of its national languages). If you have Indian friends (we all do), catching an Indian wedding is a must. […]
January 30th, 2007 at 20:30
[…] India is a huge place. In fact you could make an entire 7 day vacation out of one or two cities. Start any trip there to New Delhi and enjoy a very, very favorable exchange rate if you’re traveling with US dollars or the Euro. India has a population over 1 billion people with the average person earning $500 per year which means the streets are very crowded and you’ll see poor people everywhere. If you can get over that you’ll have opened up yourself for a vacation to one of the world’s most mystical and culturally dense places (that happens to have English as one of its national languages). If you have Indian friends (we all do), catching an Indian wedding is a must. […]