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Contributor:  Lakahna Sao
Catalog No. 20
Length:  1:59:34
Dates:  1980s


Keyword Description:
1985 Cambodian wedding in Farmington, Maine. Begins with family and friends of bride and groom at home cooking for the ceremony, with some wearing traditional Cambodian wedding clothes and others dressed in American-style suits and dresses. This is followed by the lengthy Buddhist ceremony, then the reception at a school gymnasium. The food at the reception is homemade and the band plays both Cambodian and American music that people dance to. Footage includes the bride and groom handing out cigarettes and lighting them for everyone at the reception.