{"id":4060,"date":"2009-04-13T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T23:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4060"},"modified":"2009-04-13T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T23:03:36","slug":"ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"CEREMONY"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend we went to Toronto for a Hindu wedding ceremony!<\/p>\n

Jared and Nirosh – the groom – work together – and he invited us to go!<\/p>\n

We were so excited!<\/p>\n

We got to Canada about 2 PM and found the banquet hall and our hotel.<\/p>\n

We unpacked and tried to find lunch – Good Friday is a Holiday in Canada (the way it should be here in the US) – so we had few options to choose from.<\/p>\n

We got pizza and wings – disgusting wings that we couldn’t finish – and Jared took a nap – his favorite thing to do!<\/p>\n

The ceremony started at 7 PM – Nirosh had given us a table right at the front of the room!<\/p>\n

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The invitations were beautiful …<\/p>\n

Nirosh walked in after a blessing – I think – from his family. He sat with his attendant and the priest for a while – praying and going through the traditions – I think …<\/p>\n

Women dressed in blue sari’s came out before the bride to form an aisle among the elephant statues.<\/p>\n

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The women waiting for the arrival of the bride …<\/p>\n

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She was guided on each side by Nirosh’s sister and sister-in-law – followed with her maidens …<\/p>\n

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I love this shot – the smile – the color – she was so breathtaking!<\/p>\n

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This one is another favorite …<\/p>\n

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Nirosh – the one seated – waiting for his bride …<\/p>\n

The ceremony continued with the family involved much more than a Christian wedding.<\/p>\n

Halfway through the ceremony the women in blue sari’s brought out a portion of the meal.<\/p>\n

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Mathy leaves to put on her wedding dress …<\/p>\n

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Nirosh is hooking the necklace that seals their marriage …<\/p>\n

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This is the image I posted earlier – GORGEOUS!<\/p>\n

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They eat and change once more – then cut their cake!<\/p>\n

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We got a picture with the married couple – and left the wedding at about 11:30!<\/p>\n

It was a great experience and we are so thankful to have been able to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past weekend we went to Toronto for a Hindu wedding ceremony! Jared and Nirosh – the groom – work together – and he invited us to go! We were so excited! We got to Canada about 2 PM and found the banquet hall and our hotel. We unpacked and tried to find lunch – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,27,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}