Wedding...

Real pic of my cuz and her new hubby... Just some photoshop manipulation added! :)

Today a cousin of mine is getting married in India. I am not there, I am back here in good old aus! This cousin of mine is not exactly one of my closest cousins. To the extent that I would have at most spoken 100 sentences or less my entire life. So really there are no regrets that I was unable to attend the weddding.

Anyway about the wedding and the prelim excitement. They all went shopping, buying clothes for everyone. The bride my cousin bought five sarees for herself. Her sisters bought a couple of sarees & churidhars for themselves. Me being a cousin got nothing... :(... Oh well... Her second cousins however (I don't know if its exactly second... but neverthless.... her dad's aunt's grandchildren) got dresses from her for the wedding. They are not that close either but I guess it comes from being there prior to the wedding and attending the wedding.

Anyway the point of this post is that it seems fun, the concept of an Indian wedding. I have been to a couple but, never really looked at the behind the scenes activities. Deciding the menu, fun I guess... Inviting and seeing everyone... Awesome... But best of all... Going shopping & getting ready with close friends and family (for girls beauty parlour visits etc... ) :) They all went together and it was all laughter and joy all around, as we called on the mobile and could hear all the background noise.

Having friends and family there would be another awesome thing. An wedding I went to last year, everyone from their family was there many cousins etc... Soo awesome, me being very very distantly related to many there had soo much fun, so I can just imagine how it would have been for the bride and groom. Being introduced to new family or friends etc... Also it was a marriage where there was dancing... This made it all the more fun... All college students and some older people were dancing... Great time.... For sure... Also there was a live performance by a popular playback singer as he was the Groom's best friend. That was the best wedding I have been to yet! :) Food wasn't great but I never had time to eat... So no problems there...

Anyway, it was just something I found to be sooo amazing... Indian weddings... Full of culture, colour, music in the background, a range of food, sometimes dancing, many people, especially those close to you... Its like a festival in itself... I can say one thing... I am looking forward to getting married because of the ceremonies and the celebrations... I don't know about the lifelong commitment and everything else that comes with it.... :S (Mother-in-law etc... hehehe... ;) ) Something I won't have to be worrying about for a fair few years... Thank goodness...

Requirements for a wedding

• Family
• Friends
• Decorations
• Planned menu
• Good music, artists & sound system
• Dancing
• Nice hall/mandabam
• Bride and Groom (obviously)
• Happy People :)
• Fuss/Galatta
• Kids
• Prelim shopping
• Beauty Parlour visits (last minute panic)
• Pre and post celebrations [as reminded by Ram] (Mehendi, Nallangu (why is it done for almost every function? birthdays and all at times.... anyone know the relevance of it?), Bachelor party, Bachelorette party (we should be allowed to have one if you guys do :P, they do it here...) )
• Good photographer and videocamera ppl (There should be something to look back on to treasure)
• And of course Joy, Happiness and no tension!

Can anyone think of anymore??? This is just a rough list... Speaking from the few Indian weddings I have been to.

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