African wedding-crashers

Saturday was the big day for Timothy and Yvonne (which we don't know). Anyway, we were invited to their wedding together with the KCA staff. The church-ceremony was supposed to start at 10 a.m., but as we are getting used to "African time", we showed up at 12 a.m. and were still early. The ceremony lasted for two long hours, with many long speeches - specially from the priest. Luckily they spoke English most of the time, though we have to admit we didn't pay much attention. During this two weeks here at KCA we have been spending too much time in church, and we were also too busy thinking about food and where we could place ourselves among the crowd.

The little bridesmaids waiting to enter "Gods house"

After the ceremony we were invited to the reception in a beautiful garden a few kilometers away. Unlike in the church, this was nothing like a Norwegian wedding-reception. The food, entertainment, surroundings, music and the number of guests (at least between 300-400 guests) was unlike anything we've seen before.

The wedding couple is welcomed with singing and dancing

There were many "tents" like this in the Olive Garden, where people could sit and eat. Unlike a Norwegian wedding where people would sit around the table facing each other, the chairs were placed like in a theater - all facing to the front. It made it a little harder to have a conversation, but we figured out that this might be the easiest way to make room for so many guests. 

Even the papaya-trees were celebrating the love

Sandra were also celebrating...

Janne was celebrating in her own way in the meditation corner...