We have been there right on time. A German habit, it seems, because four other German guests were already there. Obviously the guests normally arrive late.

Well, the stage was still in preparation, and the tables were not yet fully ready. And this at the official starting time. There were a lot of tables in the room, a rough count showed seats for more than 300 people.

Wow, the wedding party was overwhelming… and the bride and groom looked gorgeous. I was really astonished by the amount of people. They had to add more stairs and tables later on, because more and more Turkish guests arrived during the afternoon and evening. In overall I would say, there were more than 500 people attending the wedding party. That’s a lot.

There was a lot of music and dances (music partly played by a band and by a traditional drummer and a shawn player) and it was interesting to see the mélange of different ethnicities among the Turkish people.

I especially liked the traditional music which was performed. That’s nearly the basic rhythm every medieval music group builds it’s repertory on.