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Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Index data: These photos document the first day of a two-day Cambodian wedding held at the home of Mrs. Chhoun Chen, 20 N. Franklin Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. The bride is Mrs. Chhoun's daughter, Pen Hing, the groom is Sopheap Muth. 1, Blank image; 2-5, Wedding guest prepares ceremonial objects prior to arrival of Buddhist monks; 6-10, Wedding guests sit around ceremonial objects and wait for monks; 11, Buddhist nun ascends stairs; 12-17, Musicians play (foreground) as monks prepare for ceremony (left rear); 18-19, Cambodian videographer (standing at left) documents ceremony; 20-22, Jack Lueders-Booth documents scene with 35mm camera; 23, Wedding guests; 24-25, Jack Lueders-Booth documents scene; 26-36, Buddhist monks conduct ceremony as wedding guests look on (Jack Lueders-Booth takes photos in #31-36).

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folklore massachusetts ethnography documentary photographs lowell lowell folklife project collection american folklife center douglas denatale john lueders booth david alan taylor pen hing mother sopheap kuth pen chounn chen ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
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01/01/1987
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lowell
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Library of Congress
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folklore massachusetts ethnography documentary photographs lowell lowell folklife project collection american folklife center douglas denatale john lueders booth david alan taylor pen hing mother sopheap kuth pen chounn chen ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress