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Friday, May 30, 2008

How to get a performing job at a Greek nightclub: going to a Zim wedding












Yesterday, Saturday, we went to a wedding. We were invited by Anne, a women we met through dipleague, which is a mailing list for (mostly expats) that are selling or buying stuff, or sharing tips.
Now, Anne, a member of this list, lives just a couple of blocks away from us and send us a very nice email welcoming us to the neighbourhood. We went over and were introduced to her family and life story.

Last Saturday, a niece of her was getting married and so she invited us to come attend a Zimbabwean wedding. So, we did our best to look as less casual as possible (quite a difficult task with our wardrobe being aimed at looking casual),
and went over. They all looked splashingly of course, and since we were the only whites at the wedding, we stuck out. If you don't have it, flaunt it and pretend THEY don't have it, is what I always say
.

The ceremony was actually very British/American style, and stylish as well. The pastor performing the ceremony was definitely Zimbabwean though, and had the audience in the palm of his hands, with jokes and thunder speeches. Pity most of it was in Shona, so we could only pick up the occasional word. He was taking a long time though, and with the African sun burning down at us, people started moving in the shade and chatting, so it didn't really matter.

Then came what everybody had really been waiting for, the food! Long queueing but everybdoy was so hungry at this point, they dove at it. Kids as always as adorable as ever....

Then time to hit the dance floor as first the bridal team did a small choreography, and then we were pushed on it as well. Being the only white persons to try and imitate the hipshiking of the Africans was cause for much hilarity and our popularity rose significantly. Before we left, I was even approached by a bouncer of a Greek nightclub that offered me a job to dance and perform at his club for, I quote 'the entertainment'... Don't know if I should see this as a compliment or an insult ;-)

1 comment:

Goedels said...

Ik zou voor het podium gaan, Bruno!
Ondertussen 'my lady soul' op de achtergrond ... remember?