Toi Notes

My favourite toi of the year, maybe of the three years. Last night, Saturday, the toikana by the river. 400 people, one bride who did not eat for two days and one groom who ate for both.

The bride's table. Her friends did the flowers themselves, the night before.

Meerim is a student of philology and loves a band called tüntolk, so I asked the DJ for the one song I did not want to play. She screamed. Her friends screamed. Four hundred people who did not know the song sang "kes, kes" anyway, because three girls at the front were so loud. Her father cried. Her brother came from Almaty with a suit that was too big and gave the toast for the parents. The bride's mother had been crying since Sunday, when the groom's family came with the kuda, and she did not stop until midnight.

I do not post names. The bride said yes in her comments. Congratulations, Meerim.