It is raining!
Armorel was off to work early and I had a lazy morning before football. I stupidly thought that because it was raining when I left it would be nice and cool. How wrong was I? It was steaming, and humid! I must have lost a few pounds.
Armorel arrived home at lunchtime and had a quick sleep before we headed off to the wedding. It started at 3, so we arrived in good Africa fashion 45 minutes late, and were still on time.
Weddings are interesting. They are so formal in one way, but more fun in others. Having three dancing and singing choirs certainly help. The service only lasted about 3 hours and then it was time for the reception.
It was due to start at 7:30pm.
We had another party, for Philip and Elaine as they are leaving on Monday, so headed there first for some food. We arrived at the wedding at 9pm. The bride and groom were not yet there!
They finally made a spectacular entrance with dancing and music about 30 minutes later and then the festivities began. The most interesting was the giving of gifts. All gifts given must be danced up and paraded to the couple, and you can only do this at set times. In total there were 17 different ‘gift’ groups, and it took well over an hour. They ended up with over 3 complete tea sets.
At this stage we were getting restless and everyone else very hungry. At midnight we were told it was food time, and then suddenly I hear my name.
I have been called to the front to bless and pray for the food in front of a crowd of 200. My English and Swahili mix seemed to go down well and food was ready. Though of course you have to dance up to get your food.
We escaped at about 12:30pm leaving the party in full swing.
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