On August 6th, our assistant, Cindy and her fiancé Rishi, got married in the outskirts of Orange County, New York, in front of 250 guests.
Wedding Procession or Barat
Rishi arrived along with his relatives & friends to take his wife. After a few ceremonial rituals Cindy entered the Mandap accompanied by her friends and relatives to get ready to say goodby to her parents and go to her new home.
Bride & groom both were dressed in red and gold.
Red is for good luck; and gold is for brightness in life.
Seated under the white lavish, bold, infused and docorated Mandap with colored canopy, draped pillars. The prominent color scheme was red and gold, which was incorporated into flower arrangements and all the table set ups.
The Wedding Ceremony consist of about 23 different rituals and will normally take about two to three hours starting around 1 pm after an hour of appetizers and music.
The Mandap was decorated with displays of white and red roses (The colors of fertility and purity) accompined with beautiful gypsophila, vintage hand crafted floral rugs and traditional 24 caret hand woven embroidered silk fabrics.
Textiles are very important in Guyanese culture. Pashmina, Kashmir shawls ,exotic, colorfull, tailormade silk Sarees in wide range of colors added more to Cindy and Rishi’s colorfull wedding.
The outdoor service was held in front of Cindy’s parent’s house. After Cindy and Rishi reaffirmed their vows in front of their guests and family they took their guests to the back yard where small arrangements and clusters flowers were scattered around the colorfull traditional Indian buffet.
Late in the day, with the party in full swing, the couple sneaked away for a few private photographs.
Their beautiful invitations were inspired by couples traditonal backgroud.
Music & Dance
Cindy & Rishi played variety of Indian and American music for their guests. A belly dancer danced the night away with their favorite Indian song.
The happy Couple
Our beautiful couple left for their honeymoon to romantic Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Congratulations and with love,
Ferinoosh
