Rainy day today.
Grocery shopping today.
Puppet completion today.
Temperature dropped 10 degrees today.
Burns from the hot glue gun today.
Gabby lost her carry bag in a taxi today.
Made new friends today.
Enjoyed the food today.
Quiet day today.
Chris' cultural tip: It ain't a wedding without fancy dress.
We all expect to get dressed up for weddings in Australia. But when we get dressed up we all sort of look the same. And we also expect wedding photos. But again they all tend to turn out the same. Back home Catriona & I are going through another season of weddings. We went through one when our peers where tending to get married. But being involved in youth ministry leads to a whole bunch of connections and a whole bunch more weddings. So we can safely say we have been through our fair share of weddings. And really, they all tend to look the same. All very nice. All very fancy. But basically from the same mold.
Not so in China. Where we are staying in China is right next to a favourite local spot for wedding photos. And we have seen that here in China they take the "fancy dress" part seriously (or is that not so seriously) for weddings. When we first saw some wedding photos being taken we thought it was for a strange modelling shoot, but we have seen since that this was just one of a string of wedding photo shoots. They may not take place on the actual wedding day, but apparently it is all the rage in China to get dressed up in strange costumes and have a photo shoot to celebrate your wedding. Here are but a few examples of what we have seen:
All strange but true.
You can clearly see that it ain't a wedding without fancy dress.
We've recently become aware of a thing called "Cosplay" here in Japan, though it seems to have been around for some time. This sounds a little similar to what you are seeing. Check this link out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay
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