Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up in a casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
--C.S. Lewis

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Weddings in Peru


A week and a half ago I was able to attend the wedding of one of the missionaries from my church, Alleen and her fiancee Hermes. Alleen is from the States and Hermes is from here in Peru. It was a beautiful wedding and they both looked so happy. Here is the best pic I have of the happy newly weds:

I was interested in seeing if there would be any combination of the American wedding style and the Peruvian. I have already attended a Peruvian wedding in November with Nestor. The main differences I found from the American wedding and the Peruvian wedding is that the party goes all night long. For example, the wedding ceremony started at 7 and finished at 9 pm. We arrived at the reception around 9:30 and had to wait an hour for the bride and groom to arrive. Once they arrived we gave a toast to the bride and groom and they danced. Dinner was served soon afterwards, and then the dancing began. The bride did throw the bouquet just like in the States. Nestor and I ended up leaving that party at 2 am, because we were both tired. But the party was just beginning. Because as we were leaving we could see the clowns and men on stilts with long balloons getting ready to go out. Nestor told me the reception probably wouldn't end until 6 in the morning! How crazy! What a long day for the bride and groom. Another thing different is that there are no bridesmaids or groomsmen. 

In the wedding I went to on Saturday, there were bridesmaids and groomsmen. The rest of the ceremony was similar to wedding ceremonies in the States. After that we headed to the reception. The wedding was during the day so we had lunch at the reception. The reception was in a place where you would have never thought there was a beautiful garden! It was gorgeous. The reception was similar to that of the States except a majority of the music was salsa and cumbia. It was a good and pretty ceremony.

Here's a picture of Nestor and I. Nestor doesn't really like taking too many photos sadly. But he's a good sport for me. :) 


We had a good time, and I know that Alleen and Hermes did too. Congrats to the happy newleyweds!
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Location: Trujillo, Perú

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