This weekend I got to go to my first North African wedding! The party started on Friday night with a henna party. All of the girls got henna on their hands. The bride got henna on her hands and feet.
Mostly we sat around and talked for a few hours but we also got to join a procession of gifts for the bride from the groom. The procession was full of music and dancing! After the groom came in and everyone got pictures with the happy couple we ate some amazing cous cous for dinner and called it a night (total time: 6hours 35 minutes). 
The actual wedding ceremony was on Saturday. We got to the wedding at about 9:00pm and we sat and talked for a while. The men sat on one side of the room and the women sat on the other. Around 10:45 the women were taken to small rooms were we enjoyed chicken tajine and safa (a noodle dish with powdered sugar, cinnamon and candied peanuts). After dinner we sat and talked for while. Then we danced. Then we watched other people dance. Then we talked some more.
Finally, at about 1:30am the bride came in. She was carried around in a little chair and everyone cheered and danced.
When she finally sat down on a sofa everyone took pictures with her. Then she changed into a different dress and the party started again. I had to leave around 3:00am but the party lasted all night long!
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