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show head of things this is to move balls speaking welcome to the show with your. concerts. with philips transcript. and then incredible location. released on t.w. . try to trust and john has been working as an engineer in stuttgart in southern germany for 6 years now he's getting married and going back to his home country india to celebrate the wedding together with his family in the southern state of colorado. is going to spend it on the 1st of my family to

study abroad and work abroad as well. and i 1st of my family to marry a woman from outside carolla. to fulfill it's just business it's not that normal in india. working in europe and taking a bride in faraway carolla are big steps for pretty sure. when protein arrived in germany he shared an apartment in stuttgart his former roommates are looking forward to the wedding and to getting to know his family you know because i didn't pop just so you didn't see me accompanying parties to his wedding or how will probably serve as president than a bridesmaid. also i've got to have a word of this father because praties has been trying to get his permission to marry for 2 years now and his father is just 2 or 3 years younger than i am from.

them so i was the elder one i have to take the initiative and see how it's going to be. played and so i can especially since we're like foster parents to the pot and if you don't throw parties shouldn't. georg even talk to teach how to cook german food for instance is kind of going to be the thing i can't say i've assimilated into german society in just 6 years all my life i've beat an indian cuisine that i can't change completely in just 6 years ok and under other aspects of the german lifestyle have been farm. more appealing. your book i'm here for going to complain much there that something that's a really good here in germany. a pleasant evening in this part of germany involves vegetarian and good friends fits right in.

that people here would say it's edible and up ha ha ha ha ha. in his 6 years in germany cutty she has gone all but native. that is except when it comes to such a fundamental life event as a wedding that has to happen in india. his old friends georg on hill dillard have arrived from germany. pretty should help them pick out clothes appropriate to the big occasion with his expert advice they go shopping at the best department store in honeypot pretty shoes hometown. who do is read it here top of the i wouldn't buy anything else if it suits you. mistakenly that it never read it and i didn't know you didn't have a good now it's georg's turn. to go with the earth or i'd rather try something in this cause it will i think it will be expensive you know i feel now you look like

a prince harry potter this is i don't want to look like a prince just like a normal indian a model in the dr who. got once nice i'd like that one myself are more collectors. showers for your own good that. is really just not the ones who don't course in the. course ok great i'll take this one there's. a lot of me thought the i can't stop laughing i think you're going to be already dressed like a genuine indian. georg style is the hit. they have a little time to enjoy the indian ocean before the celebration begins. unlike western custom the bridal couple don't have to avoid meeting before the wedding. yeah i just i'm about to see her now i have permission to go.

the bride and her family are from northern india. this is my father. oh. and then comes another surprise. i can speak a little german i learned at the great institute you. come out i come from delhi. that's about 3000 kilometers away right. there that he's not delhi is in northern india and corollas in southern india soon . i'm very excited. that. the evening before the wedding the women celebrate with lots of music and dance. for a new it's a marriage of love she met her future husband pratyush on the internet he was in

stuttgart and she was in delhi she had to obtain her parents' permission it took her 2 years to do so. neither set of parents will end up seeing much of their children. if. i have to live in germany. there's a good reason why i like it there you know i feel in digs i see in the winter. when i was in germany once in january when it snowed. night and i'm in it and once in summer more than tomorrow i have no idea what to expect it's a southern indian wedding. the city's convention center has been booked for the celebration everybody's either working on preparations or waiting for it to happen .

he'll do it uses the time to have a good look around the kitchen. if. i . was facing was right for i think i could i did i did but if i think it tells it to do the right thing that. was. i to cook proudly shows the guests everything the crew have been cooking around the clock for 2 days using various blends of many spices. i think it is but i can't imagine how flattish could be german food when it's used as this year was to us all that led us is that he never

let on that it seemed strange to him in fact i was ate everything this up as he did say he had to practice a bit to be able to handle german food is all right i say so given our meat and potatoes diet put aside. $500.00 guests are expected to have they started trickling in. at last the celebrations can begin. following long established rituals the bride and groom approached the brahman the priest. my. it. it. i'm who pays homage to her future mother in law.

her own mother takes leave of her. and prestige takes or as his wife. some of the rituals are unknown to a new. but exchanging rings has a symbolic meaning that everyone understands. just

as obligatory are the wedding photos including the german friends who travelled so far to be here. as soon as the ceremony is over the moment comes that everyone's been waiting for it's time to challenge down . in this region the wedding feast is made up of 23 different small portions served on banana leaves. the show has been a. walk. the only ones who have to wait are the bridal couple reams of photos are taken. he'll do it and take a moment for themselves. we're kind of exhausted and overwhelmed by all the variety confronting us here we really don't understand much of it might take on it 1st but

in which we couldn't even figure out what it was supposed to be a bot. the reception continues into the evening for the close friends and relatives. prestige his father looks after the german friends. private photos. meanwhile the groom gives his impression of how things went. so i think it was stressful yes. but it all went smoothly. though it was a busy month with all the photographers guns and. they wore a south if they stayed here till around 5 o'clock a good school could have a nice day i change saris 3 times today if it's a little bit you leave and this time the unsealed this is my 4th.

sunday why did you write it that if it were the tissues mother misses him already you're going to. have my number. see my mother says that since i've been away. she doesn't look at the stars in the sky anymore because they remind her that i'm so far away. this is she's very sad that i'm in such a far off place. that. the celebrations don't pass a long way to go 3 days later it continues as the bride chime in delhi. of the soul indoors it wouldn't have been easy to get married in germany so it's all very different when you do it in india. for bride and groom it was a celebration that will stay with them long after they've moved to germany.

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