Most Bollywood songs have the lead actors changing at least 3 times within a short 4-5 minutes. Indian weddings are like that too. Having spent the last few days shopping for my "wedding saris , I've realised that perhaps more time will be spent in the changing room than in the ceremonies. Here goes a short list of the changes (Please note timings are indicative):
- Sari #1: Day 1 afternoon - Sari in which to begin the first ceremony
- Sari #2: 2nd Change - Change into sari given by my in-laws in the first part of the ceremony to complete the 2nd part. Time since 1st sari: 10-15 mins
- Sari #3: to be worn in the interim period between the first ceremony and the evening reception. Time since 2nd sari: 30 mins-1 hr
- Sari #4: Evening reception. Time since 3rd sari: 2 hrs (if I'm lucky)
- Sari #5: Day 2, preliminary ceremonies. Time since 4th sari: Overnight (Phew!)
- Sari #6: Main wedding sari. Time since 5th sari: 30 mins-1 hr
- Sari #7: Post wedding/afternoon/interim sari. Time since 6th sari: 1-2 hrs
- Sari #8: Wedding evening sari. Time since 7th sari: 3-4 hrs
Phew! Thankfully on the 7th of May 2013 I will have completed the great Sari marathon. I reckon this should satisfy even a sari aficionado such as me.
A post on all the Sari shopping soon. I've been up to a fair bit in the last few days after a huge-ish lull in wedding preparations.
PS: I've missed all my girl friends sorely since none of them are in Chennai at this time. This would have been even more fun if some of you had been around! But more on all that later!
