Here comes the bride - complete with funeral car, gothic mistresses and children in Halloween costumes.
There was no white frock and vintage Rolls for Kelly Robinson and her fiance Charles Rickaby when they tied the knot – goth style.
Instead the couple and the rest of the wedding party dressed in black for the nuptials at Leyland's Civic Centre.
Kelly, 30, was in a custom-made wedding dress from America, a tiara complete with bats, and four-inch stilettos in black patent leather.
Kelly, who grew up on Fossdale Moss, Leyland, and was a student at Worden High School, said: "I've been a goth since I was 15 and I thought it's not me to wear a white wedding dress.
"I did want to sit in the front of a hearse but when my dad rang up they said they are only insured for dead people."
Following the wedding, Kelly and 38-year-old Charles, an archaeologist from Newcastle, were due to head off t
o Whitby Goth Weekend for their honeymoon – the place where they met two years ago.
Kelly's sister Amy entertained the guests with her rock band Crimzon on a stage made up to look like a graveyard.
View a slideshow of the wedding here
Amy, 25, said: "I'm not a goth, but I am a bit of a rock chick. Because I shared a bedroom with Kelly when I was growing up, I had to listen to all her music.
"It was certainly a wedding with a difference and one Leyland won't forget in a hurry."
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Funeral-car-takes-bride-to.3859868.jp
Friday, March 14, 2008
Indian Jewish 'Wedding' At Jewish Community Center In New York
On Sunday, February 17, the Indian Jewish Congregation of USA staged an Indian Jewish “wedding ceremony” at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan.
It was a close replica of the wedding rituals and ceremony performed in India by the Bene Israel community. The “chattan” and “kallah”were Lael and Regina Daniel, a longtime married couple.
The chattan was brought to the bimah (platform) to the singing of the Torat Emet (Maimonides’s 8th of 13 principles of faith stated by Maimonides). Then Lael sang the Yona Theezeev, a 16th century melody, praising both the bride’s comeliness and Israel. The kallah then joined the chattan on the bimah.
The ritualistic wedding ceremony, the melody for confirmation of vows, and the exchange of rings were performed by Romiel Daniel, president of the Indian Jewish Congregation of USA. This was followed by the chanting of the Akhtana (wedding contract written in Aramaic) by David Galsurkar and the recitation of five blessings (instead of the usual seven, as this was not a real wedding).
Romiel Daniel explained the wedding’s rituals and the unique Indian Jewish ceremony, the malida. It was pointed out that any auspicious occasion is preceded by the invoking of God’s blessings and the request for Elijah the prophet to be the protector.
The wedding ceremony was preceded by an Indian kosher vegetarian buffet lunch. The event was an enjoyable and educational eye-opener of the unique rituals and traditions of the Indian Jewish community for the American Jewish attendees.
http://www.jewishpress.com/
It was a close replica of the wedding rituals and ceremony performed in India by the Bene Israel community. The “chattan” and “kallah”were Lael and Regina Daniel, a longtime married couple.
The chattan was brought to the bimah (platform) to the singing of the Torat Emet (Maimonides’s 8th of 13 principles of faith stated by Maimonides). Then Lael sang the Yona Theezeev, a 16th century melody, praising both the bride’s comeliness and Israel. The kallah then joined the chattan on the bimah.
The ritualistic wedding ceremony, the melody for confirmation of vows, and the exchange of rings were performed by Romiel Daniel, president of the Indian Jewish Congregation of USA. This was followed by the chanting of the Akhtana (wedding contract written in Aramaic) by David Galsurkar and the recitation of five blessings (instead of the usual seven, as this was not a real wedding).
Romiel Daniel explained the wedding’s rituals and the unique Indian Jewish ceremony, the malida. It was pointed out that any auspicious occasion is preceded by the invoking of God’s blessings and the request for Elijah the prophet to be the protector.
The wedding ceremony was preceded by an Indian kosher vegetarian buffet lunch. The event was an enjoyable and educational eye-opener of the unique rituals and traditions of the Indian Jewish community for the American Jewish attendees.
http://www.jewishpress.com/
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