Today we had the honour of attending one part of a Malawian
wedding and it was fun!! Early this
morning, the bride and groom held their ceremony in the church then went for
lunch at Nancy’s restaurant. From there,
they headed up the hill to Likhubula House where they had some photos taken
then down to an area just below our chalet. There was a lovely decorated
marquee there and loads of chairs laid out. However, by the time we arrived there must have been
about 500 guests there! A DJ played
various tunes while the MC called different groups up to welcome the new
couple. While dancing in front of the
couple, the dancers threw money at them!!!!
It was an incredible site. We were with some of our friends from the
community so also got the opportunity to go up and dance in front of the bride
and groom (we did a bit of a Highland Fling)
and throw our money. Like in
North America and the UK, the bride wore a lovely dress, there were flower
girls etc, and a nice cake. One
difference was at the end of the event, they auctioned off bits of cake for
more money! I can’t wait to find out the
total amount that the newly married couple received!
While at Mr. Kalipinde’s I also picked up a Malawian style
outfit to wear to the wedding. I had
bought a couple of metres of fabric and
Mr. Kalipinde made me an amazing skirt and top!
I felt great at the wedding in national dress. Jenni also wore an outfit she had bought in
Africa on a previous trip and we both looked quite the part.
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