Sari shopping

Very very sorry about the lack of postings here lately. The internet we have is a modem that works like a cellphone. During the monsoon with low cloud the internet has been terrible. I got this post all set up - took 1.5 hours to load all the photos and the internet packed in and wiped it all! We have also both been very very busy with work.

A friend of Elly, another expat, and myself needed saris as there are several weddings coming up that we've been told attendance is not optional. Once a wedding is arranged the wedding is often held within two days time. To buy a sari can take a day, then the blouse takes a week to sew - it will be ready once the honeymoon is over (as they don't really have one). Therefore, with news of possible weddings we went shopping.

You basically go into the shop, look at the rack and pick a colour you like and the shop keeper will pull everything of that colour out for you to try! Generally, you take one look, disregard it and ask for more - the pile builds, but that is their problem, not yours!!

I initially thought I would go for a deep
red (bright red is the colour of the family of the
bride) or a deep blue.

 

 Then I saw this one that is more
turquiose than the photos indicate.

Then I had to make a decision!

I went with turquoise and Tasha went
with red

Here are some of the saris that
we didn't like! The flamingo is from
 Tasha's church in the UK and goes
overseas with people and gets his
 photo taken doing strange things
like sari shopping

Out for a dinner of momo's

 or swimming in the local lake - better him
than me!

We then had a night where all the girls got together to learn how to tie the 5.5 metres of material!!!

 

 How fat do you think I am!!

 The way it sits at the end is the most
important bit

Jo in a sari - now to get the blouse sewn
so that the top underneath looks better