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November 12th, 2008

Stinkerpants Wedding: the Hora

 After I changed into my cheongsam (chinese dress) and we ate our cupcakes, our band leader approached me and asked if we’d like to start the Hora.  For those of you not familiar with Jewish weddings (or Bar/Bat Mitzvahs) the Hora is a circular dance we do at our parties.  It ends with the person/people of honor sitting in chairs lifted by the strongest people at the party.

I was really excited to see that the non-Jewish guests (including my FIL on the right!) joined the dancing even though most of them had never even heard of the Hora.  My FIL keeps talking about how much fun he had during the Hora.  “Such a nice tradition!” he keeps saying.

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Here we are, sitting in the chairs.  Y is already starting to go up, and I’m next.  He looks terrified mostly because only two of the people responsible for holding him up have any idea what they’re doing.  Also, one of his cousins is notorious for dropping things, so Y was understandably a bit concerned!!

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Totally terrifying.  Seriously.  I thought this part would be way more fun that it actually was (haha).

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Y actually looks relatively content, doesn’t he?!

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Thrilled that we survived.

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The Hora was the last event of the night.  Sadly, things were winding down…

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We’re almost done with the wedding recaps, sadly.  The only thing we’ve got left are the details!

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4 Responses to “Stinkerpants Wedding: the Hora”

1
maritessb Says:

what a beautiful tradition. it made me laugh with your expressions though. sowweee.

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walletpuppy Says:

I wanted to do the hora at our wedding! I asked Mark and he made it sound like it wasn’t that common to see at a wedding and he wasn’t into it. :(

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carly Says:

I love the expressions on your face and your hubby’s as they were hoisting you up! Classic.

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Mrs. Waterbaby Says:

That looks like it was a blast! I remember that feeling when you realize the night is winding down…it’s a bummer.

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