Tina & Mani - Indian Wedding in Punjab - Day 3

The first Maiya ceremony of the week comes with the first rangoli. Natural flowers give it a special look:

 The actual ceremony is really short because two more will follow this week:

 Ready to hit the showers:

 I'm surprised to meet the first male Mehndi artists. Apparently there's lots of them in India:

 They look like they know what they're doing:

 Tina can't decide what design to go with:

 But she has to:

 Everything is more enjoyable with live music:

 As usual, all the girls are getting mehndi:

 Observation game - can you spot Mani in this picture?

 Another observation game. This is for advanced players only - how old is the mehndi artist's grandmother?

 Nanki-shak is when the maternal part of the family comes to the house with gifts:

 In this case, children's clothing:

 If you liked the first observation games, here's another one (if you didn't like it, please skip the next two images) - how many oranges do you see in the following picture:

 Count again:

 I'll help you out here: aunties from dad's part of the family are playing a prank on the other aunties which are going to carry the jaagos on their heads. Talking about jaagos, this is how they traditionally look in India:

 And that's real fire, not just some light bulbs:

For some reason, it's heavier than it looks:

Uncles lead the way:

We're out in the streets:

All the neighbors are welcoming us with food:

More dancing back at the house:

And - of course - we can't go to sleep on an empty stomach:

Good night for now!

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