Saturday, May 24, 2014

Guye Holud Ceremony - take II

Work remains busy on the construction site with prep work for the ground floor ceiling casting (planned for this week) and soil filling to raise the grade in east section of the building before the rainy season hits hard. A construction post is coming soon.  Meanwhile, here is an example of some of the interesting cultural experiences we have in Bangladesh.

The son of the one of the hospital drivers got married a few months ago.  The day before heading to Chittagong for the wedding ceremony, the Guye Holud (tumeric smearing ceremony) was held for the groom locally.

The groom's niece displaying her henna.
Preparing fruit and vegetable snacks to feed the groom.  The gourd on the right is carved as a local dugout canoe.  Nice T-shirt!

Five women crushing a large bean

The crushed bean pieces resembled a ceramic

Holly adding to the groom's tumeric facial.

The party goers getting in on the fun.

Not surprisingly, the ceremony did not start on time.  The kids were quite patient, although the little guy on the right seems to be feed up with the waiting.

Holly

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