A Winter in India

The groom escorted the bride to the table, settled several other women around her and then disappeared. We never did see him come back. Maybe he went with his armored truck driver to get the dowry from his new father-in-law!! As you can see the bride was absolutely stunning in her traditional wedding party regalia. Notice that her hands have been decorated with henna. Gold is a very heavy metal so I can only imagine what her ear nose hoop weighs. No tellin' the cost of all the jewelry visible. We have been told that some Indian weddings take one full week to do correctly. Each day's event requires a different sari and different jewelry. We had to go to dinner ourselves and when we got back everyone was gone.