Kosovo Albanian Wedding part II

 Mother and father of the Bride

Sunday, the Wedding day, started out with a trip to the hair and makeup saloon and then i got dressed in a traditional kosovo-albanian dress, tons of golden jewellry and high heeled shoes Then I greeted all the women of the family with a respect (like the night before) and took more pictures.

 Women and men celebrated separately. The women of Lumi´s family lined up on the side of the door. Then the groom´s family came with their cars, the women in his family came to us, greeted us and then joined the party while a few went inside to get Sqhipe (the bride). The women then danced and chanted, teased that they were getting the most beautiful woman to their family. 

Sqhipe came out and was led to the car by Lumi and his uncle alongside most of the groom´s family and they went away, honking their car horn, leaving Sqhipe´s family alone and crying so much I thought something had happened. After all this was a wedding, not a funeral 

 One woman asked me if I had cried when Sqhipe went away, i looked at Egzona, who translated and asked "is it rude if i say no", she told me to say a little so that´s what i did.

This is what I didn´t get, a wedding is generally seen as a happy occasion, some even say its the best day of your life, yet i didn´t see Sqhipe smile once. I tried to ask her if she really loved the man she was going to marry and she said yes. I felt relieved, especially knowing that most kosovo-albanian weddings are arranged. Maybe this is how they react....calmly.... i can´t say since I haven´t been to other such weddings. It was an interesting wedding but i would not like such one.