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WEDDING-WEDDING - the ACTUAL thing ;)

From India in Calcutta Ballygunge, India on Sep 30 '06

Traveling Marta :) has visited no places in Calcutta Ballygunge
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so.. in the morning went with  Baja 2 c all the funny constructions made especially with klots of effort for the Durga Puja festival - its in many places (also in Varanasi), but its biggest in Kolkata

they made these big tremples for the godess Durga

Durga Puja and marriage

FUNNY

will put pics here later!

wedding party in the evening: AGAIN in indian outfits of course. it ws so funny. started at Apoorvs - he and Ekta were riding in a silver shiny carriage pulled by horses to the location where the bride's family was

guests danding all the way there

funny VWRY loud indian music (hired orchestra)

u got 2 c the pics

promise 2 put them here soon

it was such an experience 4 us

everything abosolutely different from what we know

the ceremony iotself started at round 23om

Apoorv had said they negotiated with their parents - who wanted the ceremony to last 7h (YES SEVEN)

butr they got it down 2 45 mins. NOT! it was over 1.5h anyway ;) guess the parents won anyway

i|APoorv and Anamika were sitting on thrones

she was wearing this VERY heavy dress with all the embroidery. the whole gear was supposedly 30kg! - togetherw ith the jewelerry!

all  done with reading of the Sanskrit by a holy man.

will write here more next time, no time now for that!

agin, we had a blast, and got pampered by great food!!!!

amazing ctually

and also by the private driuvers of Apoorv ;)

we didnt sleep at all that night

stratight from the party went 2 get our stuff from the apartment anf were driven 2 the airport

flight 2 delhi at 5.50 am

them train 2 agra

no sleep 4 us :)


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