Fathers are also important in an Indian wedding: before the religious ceremony the groom’s father visited the bride, blessed her and offered a present (in this case a necklace) and then the bride’s father visited the groom for blessings and offering a present (a modern watch in this case):
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The religious part essential in a traditional Indian wedding, it was the highest point. For this there was a wisely-looking priest (someone told me how much he’s looking like Rabindranath Tagore), who here is preparing the place for the future ceremony: he delimited a square where nobody else than the “actors” were allowed, I as a photographer, was forbidden to step inside.
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Anywhere a wedding happens, may it be India, Europe, the Americas, no matter where, there is a thing in common: the very center of the ceremony is the bride and her beauty. So was the case here too, we had a beautiful bride, with a beautiful dress, in a beautiful location.
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As there can’t be a wedding with no bride, it also can’t be one with no groom. So while she was doing her job on her room, receiving guests, accepting presents, posing, he was doing the same in his own room, on his own throne, just a floor below.
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There can’t be a wedding with no bride, she is essential part of the ceremony. She was here on a throne, waiting for the big moment, receiving the guests, posing with them, accepting presents, smiling. In a word, doing her job.
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Just like last year, Mărțișor was celebrated at the subway, in the Unirii 1 station. This time the place was more crowded, with a lot more photographer, and also the program was richer: it had music and tango.
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So I had the opportunity to attend and shoot an Indian wedding, a rare opportunity which is very little likely to repeat. What would you expect from one: glamour or misery? Gods or people? I give your for the beginning a pair of pics: the hands and the feet of the bride when she wad ready for the big ceremony.
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With the winter gone (at least in theory), 1st of March is the Romanian holiday of Mărțișor when men are expected to buy shiny trinkets, put then on a red-and-white string and offer as presents to all women around.
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Calendar check: 14 February… maybe is the time to post some soft and sweet pics? I don’t know, it may be… anyway, here is some Indian cosplay, testing the costumes. Maybe next time we will have a better location.
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It was almost a tradition to show fireworks in the first photo post of the year, so as I have a few, I am going to post them. Not many, since now is not in the city but in a remote location from the Lotru mountains.
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So it goes like this: Ohayo gozaimasu!
So it goes like this: sudo make me a tea
So it goes like this: Arigato gozaimasu!
Pics from the Japanese tea ceremony (chadō) from the “Tea&Coffee Festival” in Bucharest.
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It was kind of frustrating to promote the Wiki Loves Monuments, make video tutorials, organize photo walks, but not upload any photo (I can’t and I won’t enter the contest, since I am organizer and judge). Until the solution stroke: there can be a photo category for organizers, which is counted for the total and seeding data, but not entering in the contest. Relief! A first batch is up, more are to come 🙂
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For a good while I was waiting to get to Caru’ cu Bere in Bucharest: a friend talked about the papanași there, allegedly one of the best you can get, and another was talking about the beautiful interior decorations. At last I got there, tried the food (pictured below), but didn’t try the interior, it was a warm summer evening, just good to stay outside. A next time should follow.
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Shooting at the volcanoes is nice and exciting, but it won’t keep the hunger away. Travelling trough beautiful landscapes is also nice and exciting, but it also won’t keep the hunger away. You need real food for that. And as the volcanoes are located in the Buzău county, what is more appropriate than Pleșcoi sausages (cîrnați de Pleșcoi)? And plenty of them, eat until you can’t eat more and then eat some more 😀
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When talking about traditional Romanian food, there are basically two very known options: mititei and sarmale (there are some other dishes, but those two are simply the most known). Since I talked earlier about mici, now is the time for sarmale: minced meat rolled in pickled cabbage leaves, served with sour cream, mămăliga, some smoked meat and hot peppers. Red wine on the side, of course!
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