Adeline & Mark's wedding took us all the way to Kuala Lumpur. It was a full day of preparations, games, the wedding ceremony, tea ceremony and the reception in the evening. Although the wedding was in Malaysia, there was a definate Scottish and Chinese influence with the tartan sashes and bagpipes during the ceremony and the chinese traditional games and tea ceremony. As you can see from the images, it was such a colourful event. The tasks that Mark had to pass to collect his bride and take her to the ceremony included eating durian fruit, a particularly smelly fruit but considered a delicacy! Also eating a range of hot dried and liquid chillis and feeding money in red envelopes under the door to persuade the bride to allow him in. All this was looked on by the bridemaids and both families. Then onto the ceremony in a beautiful courtyard with the bagpipes ringing out. The tea ceremony shows the respect amongst the families and is a way of accepting the bride and groom into the others family. The buzzing atmosphere in the covered veranda during the reception was amazing with all the delicious food and entertainment- most of the guests weren't aware of the thunder and rain outside! A truly unforgetable experience.
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