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| Wedding reception of Olivier and Claudette (Olivier is a cousin of our friend, Patrick) |
Dec. 5, 2015
Kind and very welcoming friends, Patrick and his
mother, Valeria, invited everyone at the Kimihurura House #6 to the
wedding of one of Patrick's cousins. Patrick was a best man in the
wedding. And this was "part 2" of a Rwandan weddning. Part 1 is
apparently really interesting, since it takes place in the home and its
basically the meeting where the groom has to convince the bride's family
he's worthy of the bride. This meeting traditionally involved the groom
giving the bride's family cows. But Patrick did that part a few weeks
ago.
Today, we got to see the
church wedding, the
photo-taking 'event' afterwards at a park, about 5 km away, and then on
to the
grand reception, which happened to take place in the cafeteria of
Green Hills School where our kids attend! I took a lot of photos. As you scroll through them, try to imagine them categorized into these three "wedding parts." (Unfortunately Blogger does not let me categorize them in any way for you!)
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| The girl who LOVES weddings and beautiful dresses - on her way. |
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| Mother - daughter fun. |
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| Outside the church with Valeria - family of the groom. |
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| Isaac joined Naomi and Ruth Ann at the reception. (It was in Naomi's and his school cafeteria - transformed!) |
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| Mezmerized! |
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| This is one of my favorite traditional dances. I'm not sure, but I believe the arms held above the head, pointed slightly forward symbolizes cows, which are highly, highly prized in Rwandan culture. |
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| Each guest gets a piece of cake or a cupcake! |
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| Family groups give gifts to the bride and groom with a small presentation. |
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| Our group of "Muszungos" presented our gift as a group also! We thanked the bride and groom, and wished them well in 5 different languages (Kinyarwandan, German, Dutch, Swedish then all together English). |
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