Wednesday 12 March, 2008

The Wedding

Mala wore a tradition Javanese head of flowers for the wedding, but as you can see, she remains a modern woman.

There were lots of flower petals flung which Pia and Cassia played in. Even Dad and Mala's room was draped in flowers which, unfortunately, gave Dad hay fever. But he is a romantic, and tears poured down his face as Mala joined him at the altar.

The service was, slightly incongruously, Christian. Mala was led to the aisle by Adrienne and I, and two traditional Balinese flower girls, who I later photographed on the beach. Brian Adams played in the background and the sunset was glorious. It was like being on a movie set.

My sister-in-law, Adrienne, looked particularly beautiful, I thought. Here she is with Cassia, who seemed to have been overtaken by evil spirits (perhaps caught in Ogu Ogu parade?) for much of the day but who finally calmed down.

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