The reception took place at the York Conference Centre in Vancouver. The "Bollywood theme" carried out thru the reception. Alia & Hasnaine decided to pick Bollywood Hit movies for their table numbers, I thought it was appropriate to show #14 Vivah (below) as it means Marriage. One of the engagement potrait's can also be seen which was taken 4 days before the reception you can see this link here. The same picture was used by Alia's cousin and friend to make their fairwell message cards.
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We had a quick photo session right before the reception in the lobby of the convention centre.
The detail in Alia's Sari is just gorgeous!
The couple is welcomed by Hasnaine's mother who performed certain ceremonies, thereafter the sapatia cermony takes place where Hasnaine is the first to break the clay pot. They then move on to pay their respects to Alia's grandmother.
The ring ceremony is followed by cake cutting
The couples purple and green theme is represented beautifully in their cake
During the Cobol ceremony, all the coins collected by Alia are donated to charity. Thereafter, Hasnaines family presents her with a gold bangle.
Some emotional speeches are presented by family and friends.
Alia's cousins and sister decide that in order to officially welcome Hasnaine into their family he has to under go a test which consists of him singing to Alia, answering a couple questions and saying something sweet to her, it was very entertaining and he did fantastic!
Speeches from the bride and groom
Hasnaines decided to surprise Alia for their first dance by presenting her with a rose...
He also ended the dance with a second rose.
Thank you Alia & Hasnaine for making me part of your special bollywood theme wedding, it was an amazing experience that I will never forget. You two make a wonderful couple and I wish you all the best. May the future give you much love, laughter and happiness!
