After 6 children and 12 grandchildren, the man who sells me tomatoes has married his wife, 38 years after "taking her from the village".
Most of the reception is taken up with pelekani pelekani, the giving of money to the couple. This is an extended affair where a DJ and master of ceremonies exhorts people to give generously, calling up small groups at a time (neighbours, wife's relatives, church friends, etc etc) to dance up and throw a lot of small denomination notes in the general direction of a collecting bowl.
Since no-one has enough small notes, those that are thrown are collected-up and re-cycled through money changers at the side.
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| Collecting the small notes and trading large notes for small ones |
Everyone can dance; young, grandparents, but babies stay asleep.
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| The MC welcomes the couple |
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