The reception sometimes takes the form of an adjunct to the offering of merit meal to monks in a monastery. This type of wedding is most popular among the rich people in urban areas. It is all glitter and glitz. Wedding guests come in all their finery. Guests wear in formal Myanmar dress or business suit.
Guests arrive a quarter hour before the invited time.
If they arrive punctually they may get the seats which provide a poor view of the wedding couple or be ushered into a side room. The bride and groom enter about an half hour or forty minutes later. The reception addresses take a quarter hour after which your are served tea. The chief quests whos have garlanded the bride and groom depart about twenty minutes later when all guests get up to leave. All this has taken an hour or more.