It’s the holiday season again. Looks like this year’s turkey day is going to be a quiet one, although I still plan on cooking something special. I’m sorta bummed that I won’t get to go on my dream vacation in December due to lack of planning and overpriced air tickets. But I still wanna take a trip somewhere, possibly tropical, to escape from miserable Sac weather.

I have one more wedding coming up right after the Thanksgiving, so excited about this one! After that I’ll say bye bye to the wedding season this year. I also realized that I never shared the part II of the wedding I shot in Boston. Here’s a few …

It was a traditional Bengali wedding with a few western twists. There were two events on one day. The Holud ceremony was held in the afternoon. This is a pre-wedding ceremony where friends and family unite to bless the couple before they tie the knot. This is my favorite part of the wedding. The event was full of fun, music, bright colors, gorgeous outfits, delicious food (of course, a Bengali event is nothing without good food!) and beautiful people. The weather cooperated too. It turned out to be a beautiful day! The bride was brought to the stage on a Palki (a traditional, decorated chair with four posts/supports for carrying the bride), her four cousins were the ushers. Groom was waiting for her at the stage. The ceremony began with the groom’s parents blessing the bride by tying “Rakhi” (a traditional bracelet symbolizing the unity of the two families) and feeding her some sweets. Then the bride’s parents blessed the groom by doing the same thing. It was a relatively short event, since the wedding followed soon after.

Here are some highlights of her holud/blessing ceremony. Stay tuned for part 2…