A wedding… Hindu style

Last week I went to a wedding of one of my co-workers. I knew it was an evening wedding, but there were two pieces of information I didn’t know. It was going to be a Hindu wedding, and Hindu weddings are a lot more interesting than Muslim weddings.

The wedding was in a village outside of Jaipurhat. To say it was surreal is a bit of a understatement. It felt at the same time like and unlike like going out to a concert in the US. It starts by everybody vamping before going out. Then tea stall hopping. Then everybody is on their phone trying to figure out where the party is before the actual event. At that point we got picked up by the party bus. Ah ha hush that fuss everybody move to the back of the bus. That’s where the first band was playing.

It was a loud, long evening. We didn’t leave for the wedding until like 9 in the evening and it was well after midnight before I got to sleep but it was a good time.

Here are some pictures I took at the festivities.