The Wedding or What a lot of Momos

After 3 weeks of travel and 1 week after the event, at last I write about the Wedding of Rajesh and Rosi – R&R, the post we all been waiting for.

To be precise R&Rs Nepalese wedding - They got married in June of last year in Italy.- We did get 2 weddings for the price of one as it was a double weddng. Rajesh brother got married at the same time.

The wedding was in 3 part – The Henna Party on the 14th, the Ceremony during the day of the 15th and a evening Reception on the 16th

The Party is held for the woman to decorate their hands and feet with intricate patterns made with henna;. As can be seen in the photos, the design are very elaborare – at time it does ressemble the craft of icing cakes - It takes 2-3 hrs for the henna to dry and during this time the women do give a superb zombie impression..


What about the men durng this time? Well, it felt like we were invited along to feed the women and eat & drink. Really I think mostly to eat & drink.

During this event we all discovered the Momo, a Tibetan dumpling. What discovery! An endless supply of Momos was provided and it felt like that they will only stop coming when people stopped eating them.

For the Ceremony, Kia, Mirella & Nicoletta decided to attend the wedding dressed in the same style as the other guests. Kurtas for the ceremony and Sarrees for the reception.

I went along wiTh them to shop, and I have to admit It was a lot of fun. Buying your first Sarree is a major event. So many choices. It took a few hours to find the right colour combination. The shopping party was at least 6 strong. We become the shopping committee, there to give feedback, support, a witty quip and to drink the fine local Coca Cola vintage provided for us. Honestly, we did help.

I also went shopping myself for the wedding and it took a whole quarter of a hour.

Enjoy the colours…