Saturday 4 May 2013

Bless the bride

Auntie Rose's sister Peninah gets married in Nairobi at the weekend, but before setting off for her big day, there was the traditional  blessing ceremony at the bride's home, Yaa Village.
All her family and friends gathered to wish the bride and  'groom every happiness, at a ceremony where there celebration and dancing.
Among the guests were some of our and children who were not on visits to relatives, only the very tiny ones stayed at the Happy House.
Bride and groom (centre)
It was a lovely day and Uncle Scott  says:
 '' The children were really good considering the amount of time they had to sit around waiting for the bridegroom to arrive, then all the speeches that seems to happen at weddings, which are even more here!''