My Good Friend's Wedding
One of my good friends here got married a couple of weeks ago, and he invited me to the festivities. So my roommate and I put on our ties and headed out to the intersection where the wedding was going to take place. (My friend isn't the richest guy, so the wedding was on the street near his house. It was a wide open space, though, and there were no problems with cars or anything).
My roommate and I got there about 30 minutes early, and we took a seat as people put chairs up and the band rehearsed. After 30 minutes or so people slowly started streaming in as the band started rocking it out. The guitar-like instrument player kicked on some distortion and everybody hit the dance floor, otherwise known as the pavement.
The 2-man band that rocked all night long.
Everybody doing the line dance.
After that, the bride and groom put on some sashes and stood in the middle of the intersection, and everybody lined up to pin gold and money on them. The standard wedding tradition around here is to pin gold and money on the bride and groom to help them pay for the wedding and start their new life.
After the gold pinning, we all danced for another hour or so, and then the bride and groom left in the VW Golf on the way to their honeymoon. To end the night, we danced for a while and then headed home. Weddings over here are a lot more fun than weddings back home. Over here you show up, dance all night, and go home.
The happy groom and bride
That "guitar-like instrument" looks like a variety of mandolin.
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