[Leica] Aaron's PAW 28: Chinese Wedding Celebration

[dennis at hale-pohaku.com (Dennis Painter)]

really Richard, it's obvious to me that  John is Chinese ;-))))

Richard wrote:

> 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)
>
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