The Wedding

The day after the funeral, was the start of Num’s 3 day wedding. Num is Ampha’s brother and I helped out a bit with his dowry ‘sin sod’ and bought a few boxes of beer for the party. It was a long event, a party at Ampha’s family home in a marquee, a ceremony for the groom and what appeared to be his best man. Breakfast for everyone the next day, round at the bride’s family home - with beer. Then a blessing for the bride and groom at Ampha’s family home, I was blessed and given a hand made piece of cloth by the brides family, as was Ampha, I asked why we were singled out and was told it was because I had helped the family pay the sin sod etc. Then the next day was the actual wedding at the brides family home. Pictures are included. The bride also had to wash the feet of the ‘in-laws’. Num now goes to live at the brides house until he gets a home of his own presumably. I went upstairs at the house that he will be living in. They had made a 2”x2” frame and nailed hardboard to it to create a 9’x9’ room. Thai houses like Ampha’s mum and dad’s have one large room upstairs and mum, dad and children all sleep in it. Num and Don had their honeymoon at our house in Pattaya. Num’s two brothers and a friend decided to come as well - strangely to me, but to them I believe it seemed normal.