Today's song somewhat appropriate for weddings .. cynic that I am :-)
I am now halfway into my village odyssey .. so far .. so good .. 14 days to go to civilization.
BTW, new stats out for North America .. 25% of pregnancies end in abortions! Poor form of birth control .. Planned Parenthood aught to be ashamed of themselves
Sunday is the traditional day for weddings in Thailand as it is usually the only day that Thais get off in their 6 day work week. Today, in the village is what Thavorn refers to as a hi-so wedding. I asked who was getting married and why the wedding is hi-so. Thavorn says it is hi-so because the groom gave 4000,000 baht and 10 pieces of gold jewelry to the mother of the bride. I was intrigued with what the groom does for a living. It turns out he is a policeman in the small town of Wichian Buri. Now I have discussed what police make in Thailand so his occupation would not make him hi-so. It turns out poppa and some of his uncles are also men in brown, higher up the food chain and hence, probably the source of the goodies for mom.
The bride is Thavorn's age and has not been married before but has had a serious boyfriend before but has been living with the groom for a couple of years. Sounds like your usual farang type of relationship in North America. The wedding difference is in Thailand, the bride's family is gifting you with the bride and hence the dowry, whereas in North America, the groom is taking over responsibility and care for the daughter and the bride's family pays for the wedding to unload the daughter :-)
Yesterday, the family installed about 10 lighting poles along the street reaching form the highway to the wedding reception. They guide the guests to the reception. Thavorn's family has an invitation to the reception so Thavorn and I will attend. Should be fun. I noticed the drinking has started already. The wedding takes place at noon and the reception starts at 6 pm and continues until everyone passes out :-) (just the young males).
The wedding procession moved down the street at 9 am. I took some pics:
No, it is not raining, keeping the sun off
Music boom truck .. lid folds up with about 20 speakers.
I may have some more pics from the reception later today. The dress at weddings appears to be jeans and a shirt or t-shirt. Good choices as it is stinking hot today. Only the immediate family and wedding party get dressed up, usually in traditional Thai attire.
TTYL
So much pink.
ReplyDeleteI was invited to a Malay wedding in December 2008 and the dress code was also jeans but with a collared shirt. The girl who invited me was quite daring as she was Malay and I'm certainly not Muslim.