A Mongolian Wedding

A photo from my friends Bayaraa and Degy's wedding last Sunday.   This is the reason I hustled back from the countryside on the Furgon Express.

Comments

[riti]

love it! no traditional garb for the bride and groom, eh? was it a typical Christian ceremony?

[tater-tot]

that outfit rocks! it's like friar tuck meets john wayne.

[bhuv]

Yeah gotta go with tater-tot on that one - Friar Tuck meets John Wayne for sure. Were you an usher or something in the wedding?

[Jaspal]

Only the close family attended the actual ceremony. The photo is from the banquet. Not a Christian ceremony, but suit and white gown are not uncommon for groom and bride.

And no, I was not an usher. Lots of other folks were wearing deels, just not the ones at the coworker tables.

[G-Lo]

I like the "Brokeback Jedi" look. :P

[bhuv]

Well, the deel looks quite comfortable - we probably shouldn't be giving you so much crap for wearing traditional gear.

[AB]

K - you will have to carry on the "amazing race" tradition in UB:

http://teamspectacle.blogspot.com/2004/06/amazing-race-madurai-edition.html

[Jaspal]

Brokeback Jedi, heh, I like it.

K- don't listen to AB. AB, you've met k - you know he takes this sort of stuff seriously, right?

[R]

nice belt

[Andrei]

Hahaha! Nice deel man, I bet it was the most 'plain' around there. I agree with your impression about your hat!
In Dornogovi they say only 'young men'(bachelors) tie their belts like that! (careful with the suu now!)

[Jaspal]

Re: belt. After spending the last 3 weeks in the countryside, I can confidently say that I'm wearing the belt like a woman in this picture. It should be dropped down about 10-15cm. Next time I'm gonna tie it proper.