2nd Day of the Wedding!

The second day of the celebrations was complete madness and awesomeness (this word is in the dictionary)! We headed to Big Momma's house at 12 and the celebrations and partying had begun!! We hung out with the family in their house for a little bit and then it started...

The preparations

The mass amounts of food being prepared!

Some of us waiting to eat

The result-deliciousness! Spicy Jiaozi

Then as we were sitting there... these mysterious yet very interesting large paper machete heads were placed on the table...

People began to take to the streets....

And filled the alleyways...

Then the horse costume was put on!

Different family members and friends paraded around wearing it... we learned this is part of the wedding custom

Then preceeded to watch the 'helemet/mask' and horse costume be put on Sean!

These are some of the kids I was playing with

However... it wasn't long until we all three got the masks put on us

Some of our friends

Then we were told that we were the ones who were going to wear the costumes and help be apart of the parade... it was tradition to have a parade and take the bride to her new house. Since we were the ones wearing the masks, they informed us it was our job to entertain... jumping up and down and dancing...

I called it a 'football helmet,' and it was huge! I couldn't see through it at all, I would try and grab onto Rach's arm to help guide me. Family members who knew us... would come up and pound down on the top of the helemet and yell at us to either go faster, slower, or dance more. However, each person had their own opinion on what they wanted us to do... so Rach and I were continiously being hit.

Rach and I wore the masks... and you can see Sean wore the horse costume... we made complete fools of ourselves dancing around... however the family really enjoyed it and was happy.

This is the bride being carried behind us

When we got to the bride's new house this is how we found the groom! He's the one on the right side. This is also a tradition where the best man and the groom get chained up, shoe polish, and then they get humiliated infront of everyone.



This was the parade of people that followed behind us and infront of the couple's new apartment

This is inside the bride's house in her living room. Everyone walks through the new house looking through everything. The house is packed with people!


It was an eventful weekend!!

Here is the link to watch clips from the weekend CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO!