Today is our 41st wedding anniversary. We seldom find time to celebrate it because in our "real life" there's too much Christmas hustle and bustle, but these mission years have made it easy to celebrate. No Christmas rush here. We went to dinner last night with the Frogleys for a joint celebration, Janet's birthday on Friday and our anniversary on Sunday. We went to a very nice restaurant and had good pizza in a pleasant environment with good company.
Many people in Burundi will be having December anniversaries. Saturday is wedding day here and we always see many of them, but this month there seems to be even more weddings.
Some weddings have huge numbers of guests and seem pretty fancy.
Everybody is in their fanciest dresses. Sometimes wedding clothes are part of the dowry.
They make long processionals from the church to the reception centers, like people do at home on the way from a funeral to the cemetery. They turn on their lights and load people in cars, the back of trucks, large and small, in transports and buses, on a motorcycle taxis and bikes. They decorate the car of the Bride and groom with paper flowers, fabric or ribbon and bows. Somebody is always standing in the back of a truck in front of the bride and groom videoing the whole processional. The group drives through town together to the reception, tying up traffic just horribly every Saturday.
The picture on the right is very typical with people in cars, moto-taxis, and standing in trucks , all dressed in the wedding best. Last night it took us twice the average time it takes to get to the restaurant. There were at least five weddings with long lines of wedding goers with hazard lights flashing and cameras rolling enjoying the December wedding celebrations.
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Hi! They have huge groups gather for weddings in Cape Town too. There is a beaurtiful garden here where you can see five or six weddings every Saturday. We can't believe how elaborate---they spend so much money. We love your blogs! Keep em coming!
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