Story 03 • All the Way to Goodbye
Story 03 • All the Way to Goodbye
From a quiet morning in yellow silk to the ceremony in red, and on to the goodbyes at the end of the day.
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iMorning
The day began in yellow silk with blue borders, among friends in every colour, in bright morning light.
iiGetting ready
Jasmine pinned into her hair strand by strand, a white wall that turned every portrait into a clean page, hennaed hands resting on silk.
iiiRed
By the ceremony she had changed into red. He waited in ivory, and the wall behind them was carved in gold.
ivRice and garlands
Garlands exchanged, rice thrown into the air, family pressing in on every side. It was loud, bright and very fast.
vGoodbye
Then the part nobody rehearses. Tears from the bride, from her family, from the groom as well, the whole day gathered into a few minutes.
