Set off to the wedding at 2pm in Mishinana (traditional dress) on the
back of a motorbike. Not much fun!
Worried about the dress getting caught in the wheels or blowing off etc. Here is Nassa (Roisin's sister) Mike (Nassa's partner) Me Roisin and Stephen (Roisin's brother)
Anyway once the moto driver found the church - he went wrong a few times but eventually we ended up at the church. It turned out there were two weddings going on at the same time. Very strange and totally unrelated. The wedding I was attending had a military band (as the groom is obviously in the army.
Nadine looked very nice.
The service was about 2 hours long and the singing was beautiful. Then went by taxi to the reception. Some traditions - bride offers groom a fanta!, groom reciprocates, then they do the same with the cake. Everyone who takes a present up to give to the newly weds has to make a speech.
The cake had a firework in the top of it which was quite unusual.
The inthore dancers made several appearances which livened things up a bit.
We sneaked out at around 9pm thinking it was nearly over - only to be told that a bus was coming to take everyone to their house to continue the party - we bowed out at that stage.
A nice occasion and nice to be invited.
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