My wife Kamlaa and I were married in a quiet wedding ceremony at her home on the 25th of April 2020.
It was following country wide lockdown restrictions.
There were a maximum of five persons present: bride, groom, priest and parent included.
A lot of things have been said of the Coronavirus Pandemic worldwide, but nothing could have taught us how to cope with such restrictions for your own wedding.
Especially when you were looking forward to celebrating this accomplishment for 2 years now. Especially when your families are Hindu and such weddings are traditionally celebrated with numerous festivities over three to twenty one days (depending on where you hail from).
They usually involve large crowds, family travelling from all over the world, lots of hugs, kisses and dancing. In short, everything you can't do during a global pandemic.
In this blog, I will try to bring some semblance of normalcy to a not so normal newlywed life and hopefully encourage others who aspire along a similar path.
It was following country wide lockdown restrictions.
There were a maximum of five persons present: bride, groom, priest and parent included.
A lot of things have been said of the Coronavirus Pandemic worldwide, but nothing could have taught us how to cope with such restrictions for your own wedding.
Especially when you were looking forward to celebrating this accomplishment for 2 years now. Especially when your families are Hindu and such weddings are traditionally celebrated with numerous festivities over three to twenty one days (depending on where you hail from).
They usually involve large crowds, family travelling from all over the world, lots of hugs, kisses and dancing. In short, everything you can't do during a global pandemic.
In this blog, I will try to bring some semblance of normalcy to a not so normal newlywed life and hopefully encourage others who aspire along a similar path.
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Coolest photo!
ReplyDeletethank you, we had a great photographer who was present despite the unforseen circumstances.
DeleteCongrats to you both. Did your guests attend the ceremony via a live stream?
ReplyDeleteZoom is very popular during this pandemic.
I honestly believe virtual weddings will be a future hit even in a normal society.
I think so too. Have you had experience in event planning \ coordinating?
DeleteThank you both for your commments. Yes the live stream was a success!
DeleteWe actually had minimal combined experience with Zoom application prior to this
thank you for your comment.
ReplyDeletewe in fact did have the ceremony streamed live via Zoom.
We can definitely agree on live streaming of weddings becoming a part of normal society in time.
It allowed persons who could not fly in for the wedding to still be a part of it live.
My cousin and his family were able to witness live from Toronto Canada.
Congratulations! I can't imagine the emotional rollercoaster that you two were on through this process.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Together we got through it.
DeleteWow getting married during the pandemic is a great achievement. Corona didn't beat you guys. You both beat Corona
ReplyDeleteWhat a positive for a long 2020 so far. Congratulations to you guys! Can't wait to hear more I'm definitely subscribing
ReplyDeleteYes very positive me too
DeleteI'm enjoying your stories, so real and straight from the heart! Looking forward to reading more
ReplyDeletethank you!
DeleteNot even COVID could deny you your dream!!
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