My cousin's wedding

One of the most memorable wedding ceremonies that I attended and enjoyed was my cousin Ruby's wedding. It was in the year 2007 and I was 21 years old at that time.

My cousin Ruby got married and she was the daughter of my eldest maternal uncle. Among our cousins she was the eldest and she was 24 years old when she got married to a doctor. I was at the wedding from the very beginning: I was even there when the bride left her father-in-law's house. It was a typical wedding that followed the general traditions and customs.

The whole house was decorated, we celebrated for 3 days, lots of relatives and neighbours came to congratulate the bride and they brought some gifts for her as well. The celebration began fin the morning when my sister sat for her bridal makeover. She was making such a fuss over it, saying that her handbag was not properly matching her shoes and the eye make up was too loud and her hair was not properly done. But at end of it all she was indeed looking very beautiful.

In the evening all the relatives came over and house looked like a sea of colours. Everybody was so well dressed and looking so pretty, wearing new and traditional dresses. They enjoyed, sang and danced and everyone cried when the bride left the house.

When everybody left and the house was quiet, the elders said a prayer of thanks for the happy ending of the ceremony. And we the youngsters came up with the resolution that we will stay with our parents after marriage to which all the elders laughed out in unison and we knew that the air of sadness was lifted and the occasion was ending in happiness.