No Dad, I didn't get married, but I did go to my first Gabonese wedding this past Saturday. It was awesome!
Here is a video of the ladies dancing for the couple, they may be older but they can still bring it! Then you will see some guys dancing.
The wedding was fairly similar to American weddings with just a few differences:
First of all the pastor said it was going to start at 4pm... most people arrived around 5pm along with the couple, and the wedding started around 5pm. We started with some singing and dancing, then Pastor Jean Jacque preached for close to an hour. After all this we got around to the standard ceremony. We finished up around 7:00pm and headed to the reception.
At the wedding a lot of the people wore the same fabric. I don't know if just anyone can buy fabric, but it was definitely more than just the people on stage. They didn't have bridesmaids/groomsmen but there was a lady dressed in white that attended the bride. They buy the fabric and then have it made into a dress (women) or a shirt (men).
Darcia (daughter of the pastor) and her friend. Hung out with me and kept me company when everyone else was working hard.
They decorated the Bible School for the reception (he is a student there). These are palm leaves that they used to create an enclosed area.
This is the head table at the wedding. There were other tables all around with a server at each table - will show you those girls later. The female youth of the church were the servers at the tables and the male youth were the ushers (security as it is called here). The ladies of the church cooked for the meal. Fabulous and plenty of food!
The happy couple cutting the cake.
Here is the cake... notice the server ladies kneeling around the cake table. Don't know the reasoning for it, but thought it was cool.
The youth sang pretty much the entire time. The closest in the picture at the microphone is Sandra. She is the daughter of the pastor. I go with her to youth group most of the time. She got her hair cut and straightened for the wedding so I didn't recognize her at first!
Darcia took this picture of Martha (one of the youth at the church) and me.
Tebo (I think), Darcia also took this picture, but the thing I wanted you to notice was the tag still on the suit. Yes, Armani - but before you are too impressed they have a lot of knockoffs here. D&G are everywhere. The funny thing is that they don't take the tag off. They also use up to the edge of the fabric as well, so at the bottom of a skirt you will see a white border where the print ended.
Pastor Jean Jacque and his wife Mama Collette. They are fantastic! They have welcomed me and and taken care of me!
Me, Franck, another guy, and another youth from the church. These guys escorted me home at 11pm. Franck and the other guy are wearing the fabric for the security detail. Franck is cool, he comes by the house a lot and helps the guys doing construction work here. 
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