A Mayan community wedding is something very different to your average medium class stiff and pretentious ceremony. To start with the entire family helps in the preparation of the party like cooking the dinner (usually “cochinita enterrada” – textually that would mean buried pork, meat that it’s cooked in a hole covered with stones and coal) or making the decoration (with palm leaves, or even glittered paper).
He was very skillfully making the decorations that were going to be used in the church. The bride was very young and totally relaxed. The entire atmosphere was one of celebration and joy. We were cordially invited, shame we couldn’t stay…
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