Farmer Weddings. Jeff and I were able to travel with the host family to visit a grandmother in the Transylvania countryside and help with farm work.
Along with harvesting plums and cutting firewood on the farm, Jeff and I were invited to a rural Hungarian wedding. After the church ceremony, the reception reminded me of Bilbo's 111th birthday party in Fellowship of The Ring by JRR Tolkien. The joyful throng paraded to the banquet hall with musicians, singing, and rings of dancing. With appetites enhanced by rigorous dancing the hundreds of guests packed into a hall with long benches for food. At the peak of the evenings festivities a massive three tiered wedding cake with huge sparklers (fireworks) was rolled across the hall like a giant flaming wagon (see picture above). Although I left at 3am, many guests (and elderly grandma's) stayed far longer. The joyful festival of marriage made me wonder how much better heaven's wedding feast in the Bible will be (Revelation 9, The Bible)
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