Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/19

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Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW 28: Chinese Wedding Celebration
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Tue Jul 19 16:04:59 2005
References: <1121806450.42dd687261aaf@webmail.duke.edu>

At 01:54 PM 7/19/2005, Aaron Sandler wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>This week I'm showing three photos I took at a Chinese Tea Ceremony in 
>honor of
>the wedding of my sister-in-law, Carrie, to her husband, John.

OK, I am confused. Is Carrie ex-sister-in-law, or is John your brother, but 
in which case, are you Chinese? :-)

In Chinese, all the first and second level of relatives have separate words 
so for example, it's really clear which "uncle" is a particular person.


>Main: The ceremony opened with a prayer that John's mother, John, and Carrie
>offered to their ancestors.
>
>Alt 1: Frenetic hugging of elders (in this case Carrie's parents) after 
>serving
>them tea.
>
>Alt 2: Nothing special photo-wise...just a little juxtaposition that 
>amused me.
>
>http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_28/index.html

The God of Fortune is not pregnant :-)

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


Replies: Reply from dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter) ([Leica] Aaron's PAW 28: Chinese Wedding Celebration)
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