0:26 [Music]
0:29 Our wedding is in just a few hours and
0:31 And we are setting up all the lights right
0:39 now. The wedding is starting in 3 hours.
0:41 Still haven't put my outfit on. I'm
0:42 running around like a chicken with his
0:44 head cut off, but that's fine. Lovely
0:46 guests have arrived. We are right now
0:48 the most underdressed in the room. Not
0:51 getting married in that. It's tempting.
0:52 Does he love his shirt? Isn't it cute? Yes.
0:54 Yes.
0:55 What's for dinner? [Music]
0:58 [Music] Salty.
1:01 Salty. Gummies.
1:10 Thank you.
1:18 She says, "The best present is your
1:41 He's single. He is single and available.
1:45 Are you interested? Yes or no?
1:48 Thank you. Haley, watch out. He's trying
1:50 to steal me. This lady killer over here
1:53 is trying to trying to get with Sophia.
2:19 Rac outfit. Look at this cute little
2:22 tie. Oh, it's so cute. Finally got our
2:24 cute little outfits on. I got the little
2:26 braids and we are going to go out and
2:28 greet the crowd. So, we got to we got to
2:30 have a little dramatic moment. All the
2:32 videographers are in the doorway waiting
2:36 for this legendary moment. [Applause]
2:51 Aisha moving.
2:54 Hold still, guys. [Music]
3:02 [Music]
3:05 Okay. I love this. [Music]
3:11 [Music]
3:13 All right, it has officially begun.
3:15 Relatives are showing up in waves.
3:16 Friends are showing up in waves. Most
3:18 people are sitting out here on this
3:20 little bed thing. And then over here is
3:27 And we have lots of snacks on the table.
3:30 It's looking super cute. Okay, bye. I'll
3:32 be back later. And this is the quiet nap
3:34 room if you're really over stimulated.
3:37 Oh my gosh. The nap room is occupied.
3:39 It's all right. How's it going? How's it
3:41 going? Good, good, good. I'm just
3:42 decompressing. I'm glad the nap room
3:44 could offer a service to you. Yes. Thank
3:47 you. I'm getting myself some sunglasses
3:56 Hey, and our banquet is
4:10 Check out the kitchen implements. We
4:11 have this giant spoon thing. We have
4:13 this cute tray. And they are literally
4:15 using a shovel to stir the carrots
4:26 Yum. And you can't even imagine how hot
4:28 it is to stand next to this thing. Oh my
4:30 goodness. It's already a blazing hot
4:33 desert day. Not complaining, by the way.
4:35 I would much rather have a hot day with
4:37 a blue sky than a dust storm. But it is
4:39 hot for real. Okay. Anyway, now let me
4:49 So, he's been sitting out there with
4:52 this like semi-ircle of boys and they
4:54 wait at the side of the road for when
4:57 one of their fellow brethren comes and
4:59 then they greet them. So, it's not
5:00 enough to be in the yard waiting like
5:02 you got to be out on the street for the
5:05 men. And over here we have the speakers
5:07 because there's going to be music in an
5:08 hour or two. There's going to be a
5:11 singer here. And those are big speakers
5:13 for a very tiny yard. So, I hope they
5:15 don't go too crazy with it. Let's have a
5:17 peel off. We're also having vegetables
5:19 and they are preparing those right back
5:21 here in this little hallway thing. Potatoes,
5:23 Potatoes,
5:26 cabbage. The aunties are working on it. [Music]
5:36 It's dinner time. How's the food, everyone?
5:39 everyone?
5:41 Glad you approved. Look, they're
5:45 matching. Guys, you're so cute. This is
5:47 the ultimate multicultural event. This
5:50 is the English room. The English
5:53 conversation table, and out here we have
5:56 the Mandarin table, and we table number
5:58 one, weaguer table number two, weager
5:59 table number three. I get it. We're
6:03 outnumbered children without pants on.
6:06 And we have even more tables over here.
6:08 Yes, we are vastly outnumbered. [Music]
6:47 [Music]
6:51 so Believe
7:09 [Music]
7:12 I love you. [Music]
7:18 [Music]
7:21 Our wedding is going into a nightclub.
7:30 The DJ comes with a set of songs for wedding.
7:41 [Applause] [Music]
7:53 [Music] [Applause]
8:04 [Music]
8:31 [Music] [Laughter]
8:34 [Laughter] [Music]
8:42 Check out giant stack of things behind
8:44 me. Yes, my voice is totally ruined from
8:45 yelling over the music. So, these are
8:47 some gifts that Ace John's relatives
8:49 have given to me and him, and we will go
8:51 through those in a couple days and see
8:53 what we got. Our gifts that we picked
8:56 out at the market about two weeks ago
8:59 have finally returned to our hands. So,
9:01 A's poor mother sprained her ankle and
9:04 has been confined to this bed couch
9:06 thing for the entire time. So, I hope
9:25 How was your Weaguer wedding experience,
9:28 cousin? I loved it. It was incredible.
9:31 Once in a lifetime opportunity.
9:33 Are you ready for tomorrow? Even more.
9:36 I'm ready for tomorrow. Bring it on. I
9:39 feeling very nice. It was a nice
9:45 day, a big day for us, Katherine. I'm so
9:47 appreciated. Your parent
9:51 is coming our wedding. I'm
9:54 so appreciated. I'm so excited.
9:56 excited.
9:59 So, see you tomorrow, everybody. All
10:06 That was very nice. over stimulated
10:08 looks like.
10:11 Very nice. I love the children
10:14 and the 85year-old grandmother. Yes, she
10:16 loves Ace Dun's grandma. They were even
10:17 wearing matching outfits this morning.
10:19 How about you, father? How was it? That
10:22 was fun. I was pleased to see how much
10:24 like you were into the action. Yeah, I
10:26 was trying to learn it. And I'm proud
10:30 you now are using chopsticks. Yes. See,
10:32 I picked that up quick. I I have to have
10:35 my fork. So, father is adapting very
10:37 well to this lifestyle and we have a
10:41 whole another day tomorrow. [Music]
10:55 [Music]
10:57 Day one is over. They're packing up the
10:59 speakers. Everybody's slowly departing.
11:03 I will see you guys tomorrow morning. [Music]
11:15 [Music] [Applause]
11:21 We are using this little room here at
11:26 Rangul as our likein room and datin is
11:28 like the picking up ceremony. So an is
11:30 going to arrive with all of his boys and
11:32 they are going to pick me up from here
11:34 and bring me to the wedding location.
11:36 Normally this should be my parents house
11:38 but their house is kind of like 10,000
11:39 mi away so we're using this place
11:41 instead cuz it's cute. This is my
11:43 mother's dress that's matching with AC's
11:44 mother. We won't see her till later. She
11:46 did bust her ankle, so she is not going
11:48 to be running around all day long. And
11:49 these are the dresses we made for the
11:51 bridesmaids and the cousins. Made with
11:53 this cloth that we got at the market.
11:55 And let me show you guys what's going on
11:58 outside. Oh my goodness. They have arrived.
12:04 Wow. The swarm is
12:12 Fortunately, my hair and makeup routine
12:14 is only like 15 minutes long. Otherwise,
12:16 this would be a whole lot more chaotic.
12:18 Just getting some little braids, getting
12:31 There's nothing in there, child. There
12:38 Look how cute this is.
12:40 They gave the two like head bridesmaids
12:42 these little flower thingies. And we'll
12:45 have two friends on both sides. They're
12:48 putting the veil on now. So, this is my
12:50 bedroom. And everyone is out in the
12:53 hallway except for me and some of the
12:55 ladies. Theoretically, men aren't
12:57 supposed to be in the room, but we need
12:59 a photographer, so they're in here, too.
13:02 And Sophia and Haley are waiting here
13:04 for their very important task. So, we
13:07 have two sets of flowers here. And these
13:10 two guys are for Asan's groomsman. These
13:13 are for Catherine and Asa John. When do
13:15 we give them out? I don't know. But
13:16 we'll go with the flow. We'll figure it
13:33 [Applause] [Music]
13:35 [Music] [Applause]
13:55 I hear noise.
13:57 Chaos is breaking out. They finally
13:59 showed up. [Applause]
14:02 [Applause] [Music]
14:04 [Music] [Applause]
14:19 Touchmen. [Music]
14:22 [Music] [Applause]
14:55 [Music]
14:57 That's it. [Applause]
14:58 [Applause] [Music]
15:22 [Music] [Applause]
15:30 [Music] Hey,
15:33 Hey, [Music]
15:33 [Music] [Applause]
15:47 nobody. Congratulations. [Music]
15:53 [Music] [Applause]
16:08 [Applause] Hallelujah.
16:09 Hallelujah. [Applause]
16:10 [Applause] [Music]
16:11 [Music] [Applause]
16:13 [Applause] [Music]
16:47 [Applause] [Music]
16:57 [Applause] [Music]
17:09 The wedding car has arrived. And there's
17:11 the car with the uncles with the drums
17:13 that's gonna follow us. Here is our car
17:15 with these cute little flowers on it. We
17:18 are officially on our way to the venue.
17:19 Rahmed. Here is the
17:23 groom. Father is here. Mother has the
17:25 queen thrown over here. And everyone
17:27 else is somewhere. Well, we'll have to
17:30 find them in the busy Qashqar streets.
17:31 We're trying to keep the procession
17:33 intact, but it's really hard. The
17:38 traffic here is off the chain. [Music]
17:51 [Music]
17:58 Oh, we found our procession. They're over
17:59 over [Music]
18:02 [Music] here.
18:05 here. [Music]
18:52 [Music]
18:53 We are outside the gate of the venue
18:55 making as much noise as possible so they
18:57 all know that we're coming. Time to put
19:00 this puppy back.
19:02 Oh, sunglasses
19:11 entrance. Everyone's already here. We're
19:13 the last ones to arrive. They're saying
19:15 we can't get out yet. We have to just
19:18 like let the excitement build in the
19:21 yard. They're starting to gather. We're
19:22 shutting the windows for maximum mysteriousness.
19:51 [Music]
19:54 Queen. This is the table of honor. Here
19:56 are the two mothers. She's technically
19:58 supposed to be on his side, but they're
19:59 matching, so we just could not split
20:01 them up, so they're together. The food
20:03 is coming out soon. They just gave us
20:06 our appetizer. It is cold noodles with
20:08 chickpeas and a spicy sauce. Everyone is
20:10 having a super early dinner or super
20:13 late lunch, however you want to call
20:21 guests. And there are more tables over
20:23 here. How's the food? Is everything
20:25 okay? It's amazing.
20:27 Excellent. Excellent. You should rest.
20:29 You should go back and rest. I can't
20:32 rest. The vlog comes first. Here's
20:34 another table. We have even more people
20:41 So, this is the venue. It has two
20:58 [Music]
21:01 How's the food, my deers? Is it okay?
21:27 One wedding custom that remains the same
21:29 no matter where you are in China is
21:31 giving the bride and groom money in
21:32 place of wedding gifts because weddings
21:34 are so expensive. But here there is one
21:36 little difference which is that they
21:38 don't give the money in a red envelope.
21:40 Instead they hand it to you while you're
21:42 dancing. I didn't know this was going to
21:44 happen, so I didn't have a moneyholding
21:46 receptacle and had to cram it all in my sleeve.
21:48 sleeve. [Music]
22:38 [Music] Sh.
22:40 Sh. [Music]
23:49 [Music] This
23:59 [Music]
24:05 We are
24:07 are [Music]
24:11 [Music] [Applause]
24:14 [Applause] [Music]
24:23 [Music]
24:25 not matter. [Music]
24:42 [Music]
25:08 Yes. Christian. [Music]
25:40 [Applause]
25:43 I can't [Music]
26:17 [Applause] [Music]
26:17 [Music] [Applause]
26:33 [Applause] [Music]
26:34 [Music] [Applause]
26:35 [Applause] [Music]
26:41 [Music]
26:55 [Music] next
26:57 next [Music]
27:00 [Music] you
27:02 you
27:08 you got [Music]
27:16 [Music]
27:18 All right, my lovely guests from the US
27:21 and from Zimbabwe. From Zimbabwe. How
27:23 was your Weaguer wedding experience? Oh,
27:26 it was so good. It was great. I love the
27:28 procession through the streets with the
27:30 little dances. That was great. The we
27:31 did was very fun. Even though I had no
27:33 idea what we were doing beforehand. And
27:35 Mark got a pair of socks. Hey, nice,
27:37 nice, nice.
27:39 What? He got socks.
27:43 Mili, you're too slow. Well, I enjoyed
27:45 every bit of it. Excellent. Excellent.
27:47 Well, I'm glad you guys liked it. I'm
27:48 sorry about the noise. I asked three
27:50 times today as well. I was like, "Turn
27:51 it down, please." And they're like,
27:53 "It's already so quiet. Are you kidding
27:55 me?" Yeah, I had earplugs. He had
27:58 earplugs. She had earplugs. No, I
28:00 didn't. Actually, I don't wear my ears.
28:02 Mila doesn't need earplugs.
28:04 I can hear a sound, a very weird one. I
28:06 can't hear.
28:09 The wedding has concluded. Say goodbye.
28:11 Say goodbye. Thanks for watching
28:12 everyone. We're glad you could join us
28:14 for this beautiful celebration that
28:16 brought together two families from two
28:17 completely opposite sides of the earth,
28:19 as well as lots of friends from four
28:21 different continents. Stay tuned for a
28:22 chat with my parents about their
28:25 experience living in rural Qashqar, our
28:27 family trip to Tashkan, bringing my
28:30 friends and family to our home in Baang,
28:32 and starting in about a month, our
28:34 biggest bike tour yet. Yes, I am very
28:36 lucky to have married someone who shares
28:38 my passion for biking and exploring. And
28:40 this is going to be our last really big
28:42 crazy adventure before settling down and
28:44 having kids. So, make sure to subscribe
28:45 so you don't miss out on more updates
28:47 about life in rural China from the
28:49 farthest west to the farthest east to
28:51 all the places in between. See you guys next
28:52 next [Music]
29:23 [Music]
29:26 Heat. Heat. [Music]
29:32 [Applause] [Music]
