My first "Indian" wedding

Actually neither the bride nor the groom are Indian, but they did meet here at the office. I researched some of the traditions so please let me know if I got something wrong. Here's a little of how it went....

The groom gets on his white (kinda) horse..



Everyone dances in front of the groom in a slowly moving procession towards the wedding...





Just before we reached the hotel they cleared the road and set up this long line of firecrackers...



When the groom arrives he goes through the ritual of haath boravanu where the groom puts his hand in water and cannot remove them until he negotiates an amount of money to pay to the to sisters of the bride (or friends).

He enters the room and then a sheet is held in front of him so he can't see as the bride is carried into the room.




They exchange garlandsand everyone throws rice.



The ring is put in pot of water mixed with milk and vermillion. The first one to find it 4 times is said to be the one who will rule the household! the bride won :)



Then dancing and more dancing



Closeup of the brides hands, which took 7 hours to paint