This is the second wedding we have covered for the same family of boys in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, so now we feel part of their extended family: many hours work – but all great fun.
Its a bit like a Stag-Do where the bridegroom is smothered in a turmeric paste and coloured powders, but in front of all his family and close friends in the garden of their family home.
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu wedding photography of Mayan tradition with coloured powders](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding016-1024x682.jpg)
Vibrantly coloured pigments ready for use in creating a Mayan wedding design
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric Hindu wedding photography showing Mayan traditional ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0111-1024x682.jpg)
Wonder what this is going to be used for...
![Food before start of Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition Hindu wedding snack before the Mayaan ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0081-1024x682.jpg)
Let's start with a little snack before the ceremony starts
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition detail from Hindu Mayan wedding ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0071-1024x682.jpg)
Such rich colours...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower Hindu wedding henna Mehndi on hands](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0051-682x1024.jpg)
beautiful henna designs
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding Hindu wedding henna on hands at Mayan ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0021-1024x682.jpg)
hands fit for a magazine..
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower hands with henna at Hindu wedding Mayaan ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding0011-1024x682.jpg)
more beautiful henna designs
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Preparing for a Hindu Mayan wedding ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding014-1024x682.jpg)
The women start to get ready for the ceremony.
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and colours Hindu women preparing for the Mayan wedding ritual](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding018-1024x682.jpg)
The arty bit begins...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower Hindu wedding art](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding025-1024x682.jpg)
beautiful little detail...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour setting up a Miyaan Hindu wedding ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding021-1024x682.jpg)
birds-eye view of the art in progress
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Mayaan Hindu wedding ceremony artwork](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding026-1024x682.jpg)
Art in the making...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu wedding art nrealy completed](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding034-1024x682.jpg)
Almost ready...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu wedding photo of Mayan art being created by the Indian women in Barnsley](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding029-1024x682.jpg)
One of my favourite shots of the artists at work
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower Hindu women put the finishing touches to their artwork for the Mayan wedding ceremony](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding030-1024x682.jpg)
Now we see the artists too...
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu wedding ritual](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding043-1024x682.jpg)
All set!
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding040-1024x682.jpg)
The groom's mother make the first move. Here she is about to smear him with thick turmeric paste
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu wedding ritual of painting the groom with yellow turmeric paste](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding041-1024x682.jpg)
Oh how they are loving it!
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower The girls are loving this HIndu wedding ritual!](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding045-1024x682.jpg)
The groom's torment hots up!"
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Hindu Mayan wedding tradition with turmeric paste](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding046-1024x682.jpg)
Oh such fun!
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flower Hindu groom is smeared in yellow turmeric paste at his first wedding ceremony ritual](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding047-1024x682.jpg)
How carefully they avoid his eyes and mouth. Seems they all love him!
![Exciting Hindu Miyaan wedding tradition with turmeric and flour Groom gets stripped off to allow more turmeric paste to be rubbed onto his bare skin](http://weddingphotos-video.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HinduMiyaanwedding049-1024x682.jpg)
Ooh this is getting a bit daring!
I actually won first prize in an international wedding photography competition – $1,000, from the Professional Wedding Photographers’ Network and was awarded the top wedding photographer excellence award for pictures from this couple’s Hindu wedding this year 2012, just days after the wedding had taken place!
More pics and wedding info on www.LeedsWeddingPhotographers.com
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