Weddings ! Deliver me!!! – part 3

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Missed the earlier fun? click on part 1 & part 2 and enjoy the wedding chronicles.

After the astute guests and vigilant bride’s side,there has to be some mess and mayhem.Luckily,the groom’s side gladly accepts the role.

Majority relatives gloat in the prospect of being from groom’s side and they demand expect to get special treatment in terms of welcome and food. If the groom’s parents doesn’t you know well, you can still proudly say in front of bride’s side, how important and close you are to groom’s parents and how the groom worships you ! And they like to have  a say; create a little chaos by saying, in our side this is not how its done, we were not given coldrinks/ice-cream(I saw you asking the catering boy for a second helping !) 😛

I find this group dull so lets jump to the procession, actually that is the only important part from groom’s side. So,the groom sits in white/cream long car decorated with flowers and if its a long distance, the rest travel by bus/jeeps etc. The population usually estimated beforehand ends up as nearly twice in original. Where did they come from,go find out one by one,or … leave it !

Blessed are those souls from whose streets/villages/towns ,this caravan just passes through. If you are inside the 5 Km radius,you know you are a part of wedding just by being in your bed. Majority of the Hindu weddings take place at mid-night or later,so 2-3kms beforehand from the wedding place,time somewhere after 9-10pm,the fleet comes to a halt,the elders go ahead for announcing their arrival and begin rituals. Now,come the commanders of the fleet ‘the music band’ who are going to steer the rally for next 2-3 hours . 😉

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The songs are generally old or numerous hit-lists post 90’s and some recent additions,and the procession gets excited like monkeys. Neither the band is bothered about rhythm or their play’s perfection,nor are the listeners. Begins a competition of street-dancing.

While the groom has to refrain from alcohol or smoking or any such thing,his friends have already shelled out a wad of moolah from his pockets.”If we don’t drink in your wedding,where’s the fun in that !”  So while he wistfully sees his money fly,local and branded water flows around . (Not everyone drinks,only 10% !) Join the fun with some famous dance moves-

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The Bhangra clowns: No,they have never been to Punjab,the birthplace of Bhangra but they have seen it on TV. So hands up in the air,raise one leg ,hook that leg with another person’s and merry go round round.(try it 😉 )

The snake-couples: Two guys trying to be different,face each other and twist like snakes mating,hiss towards each other with palms as hoods, the band knows it has to play at least one snake-tune resembling lute.Wanna try it ? Click here. Don’t blame me if you too start hissing !

The wrigglers:They are the ones who can be described by one word,”Drunk”. So,they love to sweep ground and wriggle in a state of ecstasy and end up in giving poses of hips-push- up exercise.

The freestylers: Expect anything and expect nothing ! It comprises of rotund bellied uncles who are dragged to show a move or two and they desperately try to shake it up like Shakira. The other notables are those who are not drunk,yet they manage to contort their body in different directions and still keep smiling ! If I had not known them,I would have assumed they are wrigglers. I mean how can you hop like drunkard if you never ever had a sip !

The Simply Handsomes: The name suggests who they are and what they do. They dress well in tailored coats (James Bond) or sherwanis(Hritik Roshan),dance with style and can’t have clothes soiled or sweaty,they have to be ready to flirt or if possible find a ‘Love at First sight’

The elegant others:Nothing special,mostly elders when insisted a lot or they have to cross from one side to the other,they just hold their hands in the air and move them a bit till they cross.

Everyone is important in a wedding ! Now,these are the guys in charge of crackers who occasionally join as bhangra clowns/snake-couple but most of the time,they shoot out missiles in the sky and bomb the lanes. After listening to those crackers alongwith the blaring trumpets for few minutes,you ears will stop filtering any other voices,so try learning lip movements or language of  expression instead. The funniest part of all this is even a turtle walks faster than the procession !

Weddings are full of chaos,hectic times,sleepless nights and yet if you are with others,you will forget everything and have fun and some moments for lifetime !

Next on Wedding Chronicles finale,Poor me and weddings ! Stay tuned 😉

Here’s the link to part 4.