The groom arrives at the wedding

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I've just realised I used the same photo in two posts but too late to do anything about it now. This shows the happy couple in all their splendour and carries on from the previous post. When the groom’s family arrived, some of their group entered first but then came the groom and boy, was he resplendent! His hat and suit were all matching and, as you can see in the photo, both bride and groom were highly decorated and had garlands round their necks. He was presented with a framed certificate. I've no idea what it said but a welcome scarf was draped around it. At one point, the bride’s sister ‘stole’ her shoes which were auctioned off among the guests. I guess the money went to the couple and the shoes were eventually returned. Notice the bangles on the bride. They were seated side by side on throne-like chairs. at some point, there was ritual washing of the hands and feet. Later the couple sat on the floor in front of their ‘thrones’ and more rituals took place. Garlands were exchanged and those watching clapped after each exchange. At some point, they must have been pronounced man and wife as there was louder cheering and people drifted off. Somewhere about here, we were taken off to a venue a few hundred yards away where a meal was served. There was a long queue waiting for food and we joined the end of the line. We weren’t there long when someone collected us and moved us to the head of the queue. We apologised for jumping the line but no-one objected. We were met with the same courteous and kind behaviour the whole day.