wedding karaoke

For your enjoyment. Example of karaoke being for fun, not show of talent.

Traditional dance at the wedding

 

Weddings

Sunday we had the honor of attending a Muslim wedding. Marriane explained that most of the time, Muslims will have their wedding at the mosque with close friends and family, and then they'll have a big reception usually in a home. This time, however, was a little out of the ordinary and they had their reception at a hotel. It was quite the experience. Very glamorous.

Rather than sending flowers, congratulations are written in fake flowers are written on billboards that line the streets. Billboards are also sent for birthdays and funerals.

Decorations vary depending on what tribes they are from. The couple sits in the middle more or less the entire time, and guests line up to say their congrats and take pictures as they leave. Their parents sit on either side.

They also LOVE karaoke. For them, karaoke is a more private, social event more about having fun than talent. They usually have private rooms for you and your friends, rather than have you sing in front of a bunch of people you don't know. We have yet to actually go out and karaoke, but we have sung in the house of one of the workers here. While usually here you and your friends have a private room where you karaoke rather than in front of a large crowd, at the wedding anyone who wanted to was welcome to come up to the stage and sing... regardless of talent. I didn't get up there, but some of our friends did. It was a lot of fun. Soon I hope to have a video up of one guy singing an English song and also a video of a traditional dance that a group did. :)