During the pandemic, we all had to stay indoors. There were no social get-togethers. My sister had got engaged in 2018 and we were eagerly waiting for her wedding. My cousins and I had made plans for a wedding, a ceremony, with a dance, and songs. Suddenly the government banned it. All gatherings. So my father suggested that we could have an intimate wedding in the court. The suggestion was neither acceptable to me nor to my other relatives. My mother came up with an idea that we go ahead with the court marriage and later we could celebrate this all-pump and show. After the court marriage, we waited for 10 months. Once rules were relaxed, we all started preparing for a great day. My father booked a marriage palace for the great event. It was difficult booking a marriage palace because many people had been waiting for things to relax to celebrate their family functions. But somehow we got a date after 15 days. My cousins and I started preparing for the dances with which we had to do at the wedding. Those 15 days were full of fun and joy and we were rehearsing most of the time. I even taught a few steps to my mom and dad so that they could also perform on the stage for a minute or two. My sister also prepared a solo dance performance. One of my aunts is a very good dancer and she choreographed all the dances for us. Finally, the great day came up and I remember it was so full of merriment that everyone enjoyed. Also, the conditions had relaxed. We were still allowed only to fix a number of guests. We shared the videos of the dances and the great party on social media. I remember many of our contacts were very angry with us later for not having invited them. Ultimately, they all understood and realized it said we were also bound by rules and could not break them. I have only wished this pandemic situation got away once and for all. So this was the special thing that I waited for eagerly.
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During the pandemic, we all had to stay indoors. There were no social get-togethers. My sister got engaged in 2018, and we were eagerly waiting for her wedding. My cousins and I had made plans for a wedding ceremony, with dance and songs. Suddenly, the government banned all gatherings. My father suggested that we could have an intimate wedding in the court. The suggestion was neither acceptable to me nor to my other relatives. My mother came up with the idea that we go ahead with the court marriage and later celebrate with all the pomp and show. After the court marriage, we waited for 10 months. Once the rules were relaxed, we all started preparing for a great day. My father booked a marriage palace for the event. It was difficult to book a marriage palace because many people had been waiting for things to relax to celebrate their family functions. But somehow, we got a date after 15 days. My cousins and I started preparing for the dances we had to perform at the wedding. Those 15 days were full of fun and joy, and we were rehearsing most of the time. I even taught a few steps to my mom and dad so that they could also perform on stage for a minute or two. My sister also prepared a solo dance performance. One of my aunts is a very good dancer, and she choreographed all the dances for us. Finally, the great day came, and I remember it was so full of merriment that everyone enjoyed. Also, the conditions had relaxed. We were still allowed to fix a number of guests. We shared the videos of the dances and the great party on social media. I remember many of our contacts were very angry with us later for not having invited them. Ultimately, they all understood and realized that we were also bound by rules and could not break them. I have only wished this pandemic situation would go away once and for all. So this was the special thing that I waited for eagerly.
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