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

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: The following photographs were made of a Cambodian wedding at the residence of Chhoun Chen, 20, N. Franklin St., Lowell, Ma. Mrs. Chhoun Chen's daughter Pen Hing is the bride and Sopheap Kuth is the groom. 0, Underexposed; 1, Woman filling role something like bridesmaid wiping face of bride during marriage ceremony. Good photo; 2-14, Apparently some kind of candle lighting and passing ritual during the marriage ceremony. 2 is a good photo; 15-16, Bride and groom during ceremony; 17-18, Celebrants; 19-20, Overview of bride and groom during ceremony; 21-23, Musicians from Providence, RI, sitting silently; 24, Musicians, sitting silently with man holding child in background. Good photo; 25-36, Bride and groom on bed enacting some kind of public ritual involving cigarettes, bananas, and grapes. 30 and 31 are good photos.

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01/01/1987
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lowell
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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