A sister of the bride was already married to another Japanese family. From the previous dowry given, the Thai family went from being ordinary (relatively poor) country folk to extremely rich by local standards. I've heard that Thai weddings are elaborate affairs in any case. But I'll have to find out whether it's common for a Thai bride to wear 3 gorgeous dresses. In this case, there was a red wedding dress for the ceremony (shown in the last post), followed by a white (western looking) wedding dress at the beginning of the reception (here are the bride and groom being presented after leaving at the end of the ceremony, and, as traditional, being escorted to the bedroom). Later still, she came out in this beautiful kimono when it came time for after dinner toasts, speeches and performances. Both these pictures show the bride smiling ----- but trust me, those smiles were RARE for the bride, and I never saw a smile on the face of the groom. The young woman in red and white was translating Thai to Japanese and Japanese to Thai so "all" the guests (except 1, me) could understand the speeches.
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