The wedding

We were honored to be invited to Bishop Bvumbe and Maria's daughter's wedding. The ceremony was at the cathedral so it just took a few minutes to walk there. It began at 9am, but people walked in and out throughout the ceremony. The service was about 90 minutes long. The language barrier made it hard to follow, but the ceremony was interesting. I think the best part was the processional and the recessional. It was done in true African style as the wedding party danced down the aisle :-) The female part of the wedding party was dressed conservatively with their shoulders covered. The men's tuxes were very similar to what men in the US wear. After the wedding we had lunch At Luther Hall the went to the party at 2:30. It was very different from anything in the US. The wedding party sat up on a stage at a "sports center". It was extravagantly decorated in the wedding colors with flashing lights and draping. The guests sat in theater type seating looking up at the stage. The goal of the party is to raise money for the young couple. So they stood with a big plastic dish in their hands and people danced down the aisle at the urging of a master of ceremony and literally threw money at the couple for over 3 hours. They sold apples and cake to people to raise money. The MC start selling the at about US $6, then dropped the price to entice more buyers. Dinner was a boxed piece of chicken and a roll. We were unsure if we could eat it so we didn't have any. They had a cake cutting ceremony, But that was the only was the only similarity to a US wedding. It was interesting, but again, the language barrier made it difficult to follow and, being Africa in the summer, it was a wee bit toasty for our MN blood.