The Bride ...

So you might have been wondering where the bride has been all this time.  My job was to photograph the groom and his family but, I did get to run up and see the bride before her official arrival on the scene.  She was lovely and had a beautiful smile ready for us.  

She will be carried in a crescent moon shaped litter by four bearers and then will walk under a beautiful canopy of flowers in procession with her family around her.  

The colour ...well, just see for yourself.

This bridal costume, with the pearls, gemstones, sequins and embroidery  weighs 15 kgs + jewelry

... the Band, the Final Procession and one more Set of Horns.

The procession approaches the gates of the hotel where the Groom will leave his carriage and be escorted by his family to the ballroom where the guests are waiting.

There is one more group of trumpeters to harold him into the building...  this group of three horns is most picturesque.  I've never played a wind instrument but I'm guessing it must take a huge amount of wind to get a sound out of these.