Wedding Woes

I went to a wedding this past weekend, which was an interesting experience. The bride wore a white dress and the groom wore a suit, in the "western" style. Except that I have never seen a wedding gown covered in as much lace and as many sequins- it was unbelievably tacky. And the groom wore a suit that looked like he stole it from the set of the Sopranos. But everyone else, myself included, wore traditional African outfits made out of local fabrics. The local fabrics are usually really bright colors with geometric designs. The men wear one, really long piece of frabric, and drape it around themselves like a togo. The women sew the fabric into skirts, which are really high waisted and floor length, and tops, which usually have huge puffy sleeves. The ceremony was 4 hours long- I wanted to die by the end. And it was all in the local language- which I don't understand. But I did notice when the preacher said something and everyone turned around and smiled at me- he had thanked me (the white lady) for attending the wedding, as someone was kind enough to translate for me. Slightly ackward. There were fun parts too, there was singing and everyone was jumping around and dancing in the isles. It was a wholly African affair.

On a side note, the last few times I've gone to an internet cafe, the internet has been down, or so slow it takes about 20 minutes to load one page. But since I'm there, I just type up my blog entry anyways and save it on my pen drive. So if I don't update my blog for a few weeks, and then there are several entries on the same day, that's what's going on.