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30-JAN-2010 Kees Sprengers

WeddingBanNamLue1228.jpg

They enter the large, rather dark room, where a few dozen men are sitting around a long table, eating and drinking. They make one round of the room, turn their backs to us for a few minutes while one of the men in the group performs a small ceremony which I interpret as a communication with the spirits (Western observers might call it praying), then the bride (Head covered in a Yao Mun scarf, almost veiled) and one bridesmaid disappear behind a curtain into a sleeping area, out of sight.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/25s f/2.8 at 35.0mm iso3200 full exif

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