Sunday after the Wedding

Feb 13 Sunday after the wedding

The wedding itself was very nice. Very different from the weddings I’ve seen in the States, but there are a few similarities. The wedding dress was like ours and the groom’s tux was basically the same, and the bridal party looked like they were all at an American wedding. That’s about it for the similarities. The differences are in the actual time that the ceremony took and the reception activities. The ceremony took about 2 hours 30 min. Little did I know that would be nothing compared to the reception. 

During the ceremony the same things happened, just in a different way. 

The Bridal Party was able to sit through most of the ceremony, and the Bride and Groom were able to sit after a bit as well. The ring ceremony was different. Both held up each others hand and put rings on the left hand, but what they said was different from “with this ring...” The candle lighting ceremony was done with both mothers lighting the smaller candles and then the groom and bride lit the unity candle. But they all went up together to light the candles at the same time. Right after that, the bride and groom signed the necessary documents and then the groom held the document up to show to everyone its the real deal. Then the pastor had his little sermon, but it lasted longer than I expected. OH and remember this was all in Swahili so I didn’t understand much at all. LOL.