A Wedding!

Today I was invited to attend a wedding with my friend Qodri. It was his cousin's wedding, a big affair, apparently over two thousand people were invited, so I had to go and experience an Indonesian wedding.

Qodri gave me a traditional dress to wear and we drove together to the venue, a hall about 40 minutes drive from Palembang centre. As we walked in I shook many many people's hands, Qodri seems to have a never ending amount of family members. They all seemed happy to meet me and their outfits were all so colourful and vibrant.

We sat down to watch the ceremony. There was gold everywhere. The bride and groom wore extremely ornate golden outfits with elaborate headdresses and sat on a bench on the stage, their parents on either side. We were treated to some traditional dance, then there was some kind of blessing, passing the title on to the son or something. After that we ate some food, had some pictures taken and congratulated the couple. I've not been to many weddings in the UK but this one seemed more cultural and I like that there are more colours, and GOLD!

 Here are the pictures I took, of my dress and the wedding stage.