weddingpalooza…malawi style
October 2010
so i had the pleasure of attending yet another wedding in malawi this weekend. wedding receptions here are SO different than those in america. the guests are seated like an audience, while the happy couple and the wedding party sit on a stage. there is an MC who directs the “show” and the dj. if you want to dance, you must bring money and throw in on the ground or in the basket. so you get up and dance, throw money around, and go back to your seat, and repeat…for like 4 hours. and if you are lucky, you get a soda and a snack, but no meal.
its basically like a telethon on tv. the whole point is to raise funds for the couple and the wedding. at first, i thought how LAME. how can you have all these guests pay this money for their own party. but the more i thought about it…its freakin’ brilliant! its still sorta weird but weddings are expensive, even in malawi. it’s still fun since me and dancing at weddings have a memorable history. malawians love white people dancing.
