The Wedding

If you've never been to a wedding in south Louisiana, you need to get yourself invited to one. I did this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

These people know how to throw a wedding. Where else can you see a bride and groom giggle over their attendants giving the priest Ring Pops for the Blessing of the Rings and then present flowers with a sense of awe and reverence to the altar during the singing of Ave Maria? Where else will you see a grandmother two-stepping with her grandson, and the older, unmarried brother of the groom dancing with the traditional broom to Brick House by the Commodores? Where else will the groom reach for the garter and pull out a *POSTED: No Trespassing* sign? Where else can you eat food that tastes this good?

A south Louisiana wedding is a mixture of the sacred and the irreverent. It's a mixture of old traditions and youthful joie de vive. It's a wedding given by people who don't take themselves too seriously, but who are very serious about what truly matters. It's a time for friends and for family. It's a time for fun.

We went to an Acadian wedding this weekend, cher, and we sure did pass a good time.

Comments

[Summer]

Sounds like a blast!

[Ginger in La]

Now, not all us Louisianians use Ring Pops to get married, ya'll! But at any party, wedding, or funeral (or because of an LSU or Saints game), we pass a good time, yeah! Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet!

[Activities Coordinator]

They just had a good laugh and then used the real rings to get married. The bride and groom were introduced to the LSU fight song though. I think the Ragin' Cajun fight song was played later. It's a house divided.

[Belle]

uh, so us name mispronoucing, accent having, burnt gumbo cooking, crawfish eating cajuns are good for something, huh? Ms. German Heritage Snob...

[Ativities Coordinator (Life On The Planet)]

Don't hate on a girl just because she's Anglo-Saxon. I married one of your kind.
Isn't that enough?

[Mais Da Cajuns]

Mais we are glad ya'll were able to make the wedding. We are also glad ya'll had a good time. Thank ya'll so much for coming.

[Mais Da Cajuns]

Mais we are glad ya'll were able to make the wedding. We are also glad ya'll had a good time. Thank ya'll so much for coming.