Wedding - Indian Muslim style
We were invited to attend an Asian wedding on Sunday the 4th September. In the U.K., Indians are generally referred to as Asians. Whereas in South East Asia, that would actually bring a different meaning as it refers to the people living in those coutries within South East Asia, regardless of race & religion.
Anyway, this is the 2nd time I have attended a wedding banquet of an Indian Muslim friend. Below we've captured a few shots of the bride, who happens to be my friend from university.
On the invitation card, the banquet time was printed as 12.00 - 13.30. However, in reality, the banquet does not commence until 15.00! At around 14.00ish, guests begin to trickle in, choosing their seats on tables located either in a good position to view the stage where the groom is seated, or near the bride's seating area.
When the bride arrived, she was seated away from the stage. When the groom arrived, he was guided straight to the stage. At this point, the banquet commenced. The groom, his friends and family took pictures on the stage. Whilst on the other side, the bride's friends would huddle around her to capture her beautiful appearance.
Here, the bride looking beautiful and trying to keep her composure for the scrutinising public eye:
At approximately 16.30, all the yummy curries were consumed, all guests were happily fed, and some just disappeared into thin air. I was told that the bride would towards the end of the whole banquet be put together with the groom on the stage. Yes, the stage looked grand indeed. Unfortunately we didn't manage to capture any pictures of the stage.
Yes, you guessed right! Hee hee... we were those who disappeared into thin air right after the food was served and consumed. So we didn't see the highlight of the ceremony. In fact, after a long day's wait since 12 noon that day, 17.00 was time enough to head home and get a good rest.
On the way home, we stopped by Liverpool Street Station to have a nice sundae to cool down. It was a rather hot day.
Yumm!!!
Anyway, this is the 2nd time I have attended a wedding banquet of an Indian Muslim friend. Below we've captured a few shots of the bride, who happens to be my friend from university.
On the invitation card, the banquet time was printed as 12.00 - 13.30. However, in reality, the banquet does not commence until 15.00! At around 14.00ish, guests begin to trickle in, choosing their seats on tables located either in a good position to view the stage where the groom is seated, or near the bride's seating area.
When the bride arrived, she was seated away from the stage. When the groom arrived, he was guided straight to the stage. At this point, the banquet commenced. The groom, his friends and family took pictures on the stage. Whilst on the other side, the bride's friends would huddle around her to capture her beautiful appearance.
Here, the bride looking beautiful and trying to keep her composure for the scrutinising public eye:
At approximately 16.30, all the yummy curries were consumed, all guests were happily fed, and some just disappeared into thin air. I was told that the bride would towards the end of the whole banquet be put together with the groom on the stage. Yes, the stage looked grand indeed. Unfortunately we didn't manage to capture any pictures of the stage.
Yes, you guessed right! Hee hee... we were those who disappeared into thin air right after the food was served and consumed. So we didn't see the highlight of the ceremony. In fact, after a long day's wait since 12 noon that day, 17.00 was time enough to head home and get a good rest.
On the way home, we stopped by Liverpool Street Station to have a nice sundae to cool down. It was a rather hot day.
Yumm!!!
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