The BaBa wedding is a very special weekend in Phuket.
Hongsyok House is a very special place to visit at this time and this will be the only opportunity to get a look inside this Private House.
Wonderful and thank you.
The family of Hongsyok House - currently Mrs Boonsri Hongsyok - open their gates for this ceremony once a year. I may not be the media and wearing a special badge but I was able to have a look but shortly I was asked to leave it. (Should I wear a media something next year?)
On entering into the garden there were a plethora of Thai women of all ages wearing their finery - the Governor of Phuket made an entrance and she was also wearing the traditional clothing.
Lovely.
The ceremonial tea ceremony took place inside whilst I tried to remember to conserve the battery of the camera (I had no spare and was unsure whether it was charged).
Then it all changed - then the brides and their groom left the house to have their photographs in the gardens - these were my favourite shots of this couple.
The noise began and the parade started with two policemen on motorbikes followed by some of the Phuket dignitaries in Volkswagon Beetles - I did not understand this but it was fun.
Then the couples paraded past, flowers were thrown and more photographs were taken. The photograph above is of Ann and P'Sampan.
This year there was more media attention as couples were interviewed in the street.
Three girls were dressed in Northern costume and others dressed in the more traditional Thai dress
- flowers were thrown and smiles shared.
This is a post from 2010
this is a post from 2011
this is a post from 2012
and this is a post from 2013.
