Kani's Wedding

Kanimozhi, one of the biostatisticians, invited us for her wedding. We left Bangalore for a 4 hour ride south into the state Tamil Nadu. We took a shortcut and tried to avoid the traffic jams on the high way. Along the road were small villages with agriculture, like rice and grapes. Some parts were jungle. Liora asked if there were any wild animal living there. No, was the answer. But after clearing out the definition of "wild", we came to know that except for tigers, the jungle contained quite a lot of animals.

When almost there, we were stopped by road works and had to enter the village from the other side. Doing that we had to get out on the high way. The road entering the high way only let us go north. Instead going back north and find a way exit going south, the driver drove against the traffic. And to really make it exiting he didn't use the road shoulder but drove in the fast lane in the middle, using the horn and flashing the light. After about 5-6 kilometers driving 70 km/h meeting traffic in 100 km/h, he found a way to get to the right side of the road.

Finally we reached the town of the wedding, which I mistakenly called a small village. Indian wedding lasts 2-5 days. The first day, when we participated, is when the bride receive the groom. This is what we experienced.

The bride and her groom
The ceremony Colorful women
A man traditionally dressed in white

The food, all vegetarian. Served on a banana leaf, it's traditional, it's beautiful and it also work as a spice to increase the flavour.