Drum roll please! This is the first of three installments of Amish and Natisha’s traditional Hindu wedding at the end of the season. They have been very patient with me. Amish is also a photographer and has been assuring me that receiving his images would only distract from his own post-production, but the time has come. The post starts with some shots from a mehendi party several days before the wedding at which we all enjoyed delicious food which probably took several days to prepare, and women gathered in the living room to get their mehendi done… including me ( : Natisha’s mehendi was provided by www.basidesigns.com while the other ladies were decorated by www.hennabyhini.com.
This next series is from the Thursday before the wedding. There were ceremonies at Amish’s parents’ home during the day which I unfortunately don’t know much about, but you can see that one of them clearly involves the smearing of yellow paste all over him. This is pithi! There were fire offerings too, and a priest who made my name known to everyone by the end of the day since he was kind enough to alert me to important moments in the ceremonies I should photograph– pausing to call me over. I appreciated this!
That evening family and friends convened at the UBC Boathouse for Garba night—a fantastic dance party with sticks. Before the dancing, however, Natisha was seated in the middle of the room and the women of Amish’s family brought her gifts in a short ceremony. Next installment: wedding day.
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