Life...Holy Matrimony...Marriages

Ha...the past year has been a season of holy matrimony [including mine :) ].....the frequency is like one marriage every quarter...huf huf.....Good side of this is you are exposed to various styles of marriage, new places, mind blowing cuisines and not the least fun, fun, and fun all the way....flip side is your pockets get light and its recession time :(.... Its been like 5 manglorean marriages, one kodava marriage [ my buddy writes: http://thejeshgn.com/2009/02/04/kodava-marriage-respecting-maternal-family/ ]and one pure tamil brahmin marriage.... ofcourse marriages in the family is fun but I actually liked being part of the other two marriages....two extreme cultures...one is happy go lucky, staple food is meat, drinks and dance and the other is very conservative, lot of rituals (man two straight days of marriage rituals !!!!) and pure vegetarian....the common thread between these is the hospitality extended...wow amazing....not to forget the place - one lush green stretches of coffee estates and the other dotted with temples at every street bend....quite an exhilarating experience.....do not mistake me for being modest by being subtle about manglorean marriages....the thing is it is a short and sweet affair for us...the entire thing lasts a max of 4 hours....most of the fun is at home with all the games, dance and ofcourse mangy food...yummm...two more marriages to go for this year....may be I will write another post after I get back....adios