wedding attendee | Persian Wedding Celebration

August 25, 2008

So… Ali and I came here to San Jose to attend his cousin’s big fancy Persian wedding - of all the weddings I have been to this year, this is only the SECOND I have been able to attend as a guest. Although it was really difficult for me to stay in my seat, we enjoyed dancing (and eating!) at Niloufar and Amir’s wedding. I found it really interesting to see a Persian wedding from the ‘other side’ since so much of our own day in February was somewhat distracted by being at the center of everyone’s attention.

I decided to go get my hair styled since all the Persian women get so fancy for weddings, and when I took it down it was this amazing mess of curls and pins and hairspray. I had her add a few braids to funkify the updo a bit, which you can actually see in the photo below even after I took it down. Also, it’s really nice to see my husband after being away for the UK wedding for 10 days.

I’m here in San Jose for two more days. This morning I happened to get sucked into MTv (we don’t have it at home) and spent the first couple of hours watching ‘my super sweet sixteen’ — and omg those two Persian girls they featured were just as out of control as the other party throwers. What in the world are we coming to if this kind of thing is normalized for sixteen year olds? Lavish parties ($30k-200k), live entertainment that costs more than a wedding itself, being carried in on chaises carried by buff, oiled hott guys, brand new sports cars as gifts, and the ‘I need to be the hottest girl at the party by having the most expensive custom-made dress’ mentality. The funny part is that now they’re doing this feature where two years after their OOC 16th party the kids are profiled (apparently all still living off their parents and living lives of extreme leisure) and the parents surprise them by exiling them off to remote locations for hard labor to teach them a lesson. It’s pretty hilarious and disturbing. Ludicrous really is the word here.

Well, with that notable start to the day, I’m off for some crazy processing of some of the thousands and thousands of images that have built up over the past few weeks.

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