Including Everyone

One of the unseen cultural accommodations which needed to be made at the Mandela funeral was the limited guest list. In Xhosa culture, there are no such limits for "the milestones of life". At E.'s and my wedding, we got around this by having a European reception first, then a more traditional reception the next day. But then, the whole country was warmly included in the days of mourning for Mandela, before the funeral.