A Village Wedding

Recently, I attended a wedding in the small village of Aindi. There were almost 500 guests, perhaps 400 men and 100 women. When I arrived the loudspeaker was blasting hindi tracks interrupted from time to time by an m.c. whose voice was drowned by the feedback from the speakers. 400 men sat and ate mutton and vegetables, rice and chapati served from bright pink and metal buckets. The women, who had cooked all the food, sat on the rooftops and looked out the windows of their homes and watched the event from afar. The bride and groom are visible, bright red and yellow, in the background.