We were woken around 9:30 (!) by someone banging on the door of the house. If H hadn't woken us up we'd have wasted most of the morning!We headed over for a yummy Indian breakfast of parathas, and after brekkie K tried on the two dresses that had been made for her. For those of you who've heard the story of these dresses, you'll be pleased to know they both looked very nice indeed, and all of K's panic over how she'd look was an overreaction (of course!). Some adjustments needed to be made, so we went to visit the dressmaker for some final refinement.
When we returned, it was almost time for the first ceremony of the wedding, called Mahia. In this, H was seated while various women (including K!) took turns to rub a golden scrub on his face, arms and legs. While this was happening, the women (not including K!) sang a song. While all this happened, the men sat back and watched, took photos, or worked on getting the music going. K wore one of the outfits during this, as all of the women were in their regular dress, but the men just wore regular clothes.
The afternoon was then spent sorting out further things for the wedding - a trip to the tailor so M could get some shirts made, followed by the beauty parlour where M had a hair trim and Harbir appeared to have a full on beauty treatment! We left Harbir there once M's haircut was done, and headed back to the house.
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