Anita and Bob's Big Fat Indian Wedding - Baraat and the Ceremony

The Grand Finale to the Big Fat Indian Wedding started out with the Baraat for Bob.  The groom lead his family and friends in a procession to the ceremony.  We all danced around while Bob rode in on a very large white horse.  Lots of music and dancing (and sweating -it was 95 F and high humidity!) to start the party off.
Bob and his parents
Time to start the party



Baraat selfie with Anita (she's watching the Baraat from the window)
 After that excitement we all filed into the ceremony venue.  The room was beautiful with an ornate alter in the middle filled with flowers.  The program listed several different traditional ceremonies with description of what was going on with each.  Good thing we had explanations because we would have been lost otherwise.  The groom led the bride in circles around the alter, the bride led the groom around the alter, their scarves were tied together, parents threw things at them, Anita's sisters stole Bob's shoes... all part of the tradition.

The alter
walking around in circles 
Pretty!
Close up of the alter
Officially married!
Happy bride and groom
Group shot (sorry Missy!)
Handsome men


 After the ceremony Anita and Bob changed into they reception outfits.  I thought Anita's wedding outfit had a lot of bling but the reception outfit was even more sparkly!  We had more delicious Indian food before the speeches and more dancing.
Reception outfit - so many sparkles!
You know how there's always one loud table at a wedding...
Missy and Phil
Elephant floral center piece
yummy food - just go easy on the green sauce, it's hot!

After the Baraat, the ceremony, and the reception was the after party.  I think we had a solid 12-hour day of wedding!  And that was after two previous days of wedding.  It was great to see everyone, and we really enjoyed seeing Anita and Bob's families and being a part of their big celebration.  What a great time!  Definitely made it worth the long trip over :)

After party
This girl got married!
These are our people.





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