Our Royal Northern Wedding
Schedule
Your wedding starts early in the morning, like all Thai weddings
at about 4:45 am
We will pick you up and I will take you to the morning market,
where we will choose the food and floral offerings for the monks.
Then we will go back to my house and prepare the offerings and
give the offerings outside my house (shop). Don't worry, I will
instruct you in the proper procedure of monk offerings and explain
it all to you. Then when all the offerings are given and any
blessing are received, we will relax and try some of the Thai
delectations we found in the early morning market. This can,
if you wanted, all can be done on your behalf. We really find
most couples find it is worth the early morning.
Then you will return to your hideaway, where you can relax
or rest. I will return later, with the hair dresser. Best you
and your guests have a late brunch or an early luncheon as we
will pick up you all about 1:00 pm, to go to the temple for a
formal ceremonial Buddhist blessing of the wedding. At the temple
we will release the nine fish and birds for merit. From there
we head off to the wedding venue, where the knot tying ceremony
will be preformed and the couple will arrive about 4:00 pm by
what ever mode of transport they have chosen
Then the wedding parade will begin. Followed by the knot tying
ceremony, all finishing about dusk in time for some garden photos
hopefully.
Then the feast begins! Offering your guests the rare opportunity
to experience real Lanna Thai cuisine served in true Lanna style.
(Sorry mom they made me eat with my fingers) Of course we have
Thai dancers and live musicians too.
The evening of drinking, eating and enjoying is highlighted
by a professional pyrotechnics (fireworks) display to celebrate
your wedding.
After dark your guest are welcome to partake in the traditional
releasing of fire balloons for luck and prosperity (Except in
dry season, as we are in the mountains)
Then more conversation and time together before the guest
are returned to the city by the vans so the newly weds may relax
and enjoy the start of their new life together.
