Dandelionblack started out as a group of aspiring female photographers based in San Francisco. We had a great time exhibiting our works in the city and had created strong friendships and collaborations along the way. As many of our careers matured and branched out, a few of us find ourselves living in different parts of the world now. We'd like to come to this platform to share our experiences as way of keeping touch and keeping together, and as always for the pure love of photography.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Indian Wedding

This past November my family and I got to travel to India to attend the wedding of my sister-and-brother-in- law. His family is from Nasik which is about four hours north of Bombay. We were there for barely a week and it was a whirlwind of traveling, ceremonies, meeting new family, learning new customs, delicious food, upset stomachs and fun fun times. There were about 20 of us that traveled from the US to attend the wedding, and we all donned traditional Indian clothes for the three days of ceremonies. Wrapping a sari is an art in itself, and I had to have help getting dressed several days in a row. There's nothing like nine yards of fabric to make you feel completely intimidated, but also nothing like a bunch of graceful ladies fussing over you to make you feel special.
She is making SURE we knew about the tradition of stealing the groom's shoes and holding them for ransom.

He actually never paid up and had to go shoeless until the next outfit change.














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