Last weekend we attended a Hindu wedding reception in our town in upstate New York. The reception was at the Country Club. Gracing the occasion were seven of eight grandparents of the bride and groom. That was great. They were from Goa, Bangalore and Mangalore. Also present were guests who were Parsis and Muslims (from India and Pakistan). Selma are you reading?:=)) An American colleague said, "this was one of the best wedding celebration he ever attended."
It brought back memories of our own daughter's wedding in California a few years ago. At the reception, the MC came to us and said, "Can I have the names of the Bridal Party to be introduced before the event starts." He then went on to say, that he did the MC at weddings nearly every weekend for the last ten years. He does not recollect ever introducing a bridal couple where the parents of both bride and groom were still married to their original spouses. A pretty sad commentary on modern western society. I hope Indian / Goan society can learn for that experience. Regards, GL _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
