Attending a Khmer wedding

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Roz, that's not a bad photo of you. I bet you were a stunner in the early years and maybe with a strong Italian ancestry ?

This is a photo I took last week of a family member heading off to a wedding. The flash on the camera makes the whitening on the face stand out, which is what I mentioned earlier.








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Where's the groom?

You got him chained up already?
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My partner doesn't allow photos of himself on the net sorry
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And no my ancestry is pure South African on the French Hugenots side.
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Does he allow pics on the bed? :lol:

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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:
Samouth wrote:
TheGrinchSR wrote:Never been a huge fan of local weddings... I can't handle the music and sitting in a warm tent drinking warmish beer's not my idea of a good time. Glad you had fun though.
The music is the same for both country and city wedding, but the different is that the wedding held in the city is way more comfortable. In the city, the reception mostly will be held in a nice platform equipped with nice curtain, standing air conditioners and nice table and chair sheet, not to mention it is clean.
Well, clean... Until everyone throws their stuff on the ground. I prefer weddings in the countryside as people there actually party. In the city people just come for one hour, eat and drink as much as they can, and leave by 8pm. Really boring... It has always seemed to impolite to me, but I guess you'd be so tired as a bride and groom that it would be nice to have people leave by 8-9pm.
I don't agree. It depends on how close you know the bride and groom. I went to many of my close friends wedding all were held in the city. I had a lot of fun. We drank a lot and danced till the music closed. i would call it a real party. imagine you have fun dancing in the wedding held in the countryside, i don't think you can stay long as it is really hot. Dancing under the air conditioning is a whole new different.
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rozzieoz wrote:Image

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Great! Is this your pictures?
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Well usually the dancing is done in the evening in the countryside (rather, when I show up). So yes, it does get hot, but in pretty much all the weddings I've been to in PP, I was one of the last to leave (around 9?) despite often barely knowing the bride or groom. Just my experience... By 9pm I'm getting warmed up, whereas most people are gone by that time in PP. They'll have 600 guests, but 90% eat and leave between 7-8:30. It's like they walk in, give the envelope, eat and drink, and leave. A few dance, but not many in terms of % of attendees.
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Funerals pretty much the same, but no dancing unless the deceased was really unpopular.
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:Well usually the dancing is done in the evening in the countryside (rather, when I show up). So yes, it does get hot, but in pretty much all the weddings I've been to in PP, I was one of the last to leave (around 9?) despite often barely knowing the bride or groom. Just my experience... By 9pm I'm getting warmed up, whereas most people are gone by that time in PP. They'll have 600 guests, but 90% eat and leave between 7-8:30. It's like they walk in, give the envelope, eat and drink, and leave. A few dance, but not many in terms of % of attendees.
Ok. i don't know what to say more as this is really based on personal preference. I really enjoyed attending the wedding in the city and one held in a proper platform. :)
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