Here are the pictures of the Muslim wedding that we attended with our friends Renu and Shelley. Practically all weddings are held in tents here whether they are Muslim or Hindu, it's jut the way for the traditional wedding. Tomorrow night we are going to another wedding. This time for members of the church. It's not being held at the church house so we figure it's at another tent. This was a huge tent that the Muslim wedding was in. All the walls were lined with the food caterers. Take special notice of the one cook sitting on the table in his chair. There was so much food it was unbelievable. The salads were a work of art so I took a lot of pictures then I realized you might get bored if I sent any more that a few.
The bride was in the room of a building that the tent was attached to but there was absolutely no heat in there. She must have been freezing. And they say that the bride usually hasn't eaten anything for hours. She looked awfully cold and tired to me. The bride and groom are kept separated through the whole evening until the marriage is solumnized. They are brought together for a few short words which go something like "Do you take this woman to be your wife and do you take this man to be your husband? Then so be it." And it's over. Then they are again separated until it is time to leave the wedding. People gather around and visit with them but that seemed to be the whole wedding. There was no music or entertainment at all. The whole thing was just looking at the bride and groom and eating. It was fun though. To stay warm they had a few little barbecue grills and people could pull their chairs up and get warm. Lickily we got next to one of the grills and ate our food in relative comfort.