Its wedding season here in Afghanistan, and I had the opportunity to crash an Afghan wedding. Well I didn't actually crash it, I was invited. If you thought weddings were a big deal in the states, you should see an Afghan wedding. Weddings can run as much as $20,000. Which is an awful lot when you consider the average annual salary is only $2,000. The government is actually considering measures to cut down on these extravagant weddings. "Costly Afghan weddings under government scrutiny"
But in humble Badakhshan, the weddings are a little more tasteful. One of our employees, Kanishka, recently got married. I talked to him about it a few weeks before and he was very excited. This would be the first time he would see his fiancee. The weddings are typically week long events, and each event is exclusively male or female. We were invited to eat at Kanishka's house on the final wedding day. Kanishka and the men in his family were hosting visitors all day long. I'm told that the mayor, the police chief, and even a few warlords stopped by.
We met his family and ate with his brothers and father. Unfortunately we couldn't stay for the evenings events. A famous singer from Kabul was going to perform, along with a band. Actually, Kanishka's brother offered to bring the singer over early so we could hear him, but I didn't want to trouble them.
Although it was no mexican wedding, it was still alot of fun. Congratulations Kanishka! mey-borak boshein!
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