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  • Manager owner Shareef Mohamed (at window) photographed with his waiters Noor <br />
19, Mohamed Moneer, 27 and  Mohamed  Agha at the Aryana Wedding hall. <br />
The wedding business is very big and Afghans can pay huge sums $20 000 for a middle class wedding  is normal. Bear in mind that a Moderate guest lists can top 600 people; the biggest exceeds 2,000. Included in the prices is the dowry or ‘bride price’. Even a poor laborers on 350 a year could be expected to pay $2000 and grooms are left with crushing debt. Tradition and societal pressure leave them with no alternative but to have expensive weddings in spite of their poverty. Marriage is arguably the most important rite of passage for a young Afghan man, and the luxuriousness of the ceremony reaffirms his family's status.  Since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the Afghan wedding industry has rebounded and is now bigger than ever. The growth is reflected in the proliferation of wedding halls, The number in Kabul alone has risen to more than 80 today from 4 in 2001.
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  • Manager owner Shareef Mohamed. <br />
The wedding business is very big and Afghans can pay huge sums $20 000 for a middle class wedding  is normal. Bear in mind that a Moderate guest lists can top 600 people; the biggest exceeds 2,000. Included in the prices is the dowry or ‘bride price’. Even a poor laborers on 350 a year could be expected to pay $2000 and grooms are left with crushing debt. Tradition and societal pressure leave them with no alternative but to have expensive weddings in spite of their poverty. Marriage is arguably the most important rite of passage for a young Afghan man, and the luxuriousness of the ceremony reaffirms his family's status.  Since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the Afghan wedding industry has rebounded and is now bigger than ever. The growth is reflected in the proliferation of wedding halls, The number in Kabul alone has risen to more than 80 today from 4 in 2001.
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  • Chinese wedding couple in a horse drawn Cinderella carriage on Lower Thames Street in London, UK. It is a common site now to see extravagant and visual elements to Asian weddings in the UK.
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  • Chinese wedding couple in a horse drawn Cinderella carriage on Lower Thames Street in London, UK. It is a common site now to see extravagant and visual elements to Asian weddings in the UK. Two white blinkered horses, a driver and a footman is an extreme version of this.
    20140514_chinese wedding carriageB.jpg
  • Chinese wedding couple in a horse drawn Cinderella carriage on Lower Thames Street in London, UK. It is a common site now to see extravagant and visual elements to Asian weddings in the UK.
    20140514_chinese wedding carriageC.jpg
  • Chinese wedding couple in a horse drawn Cinderella carriage on Lower Thames Street in London, UK. It is a common site now to see extravagant and visual elements to Asian weddings in the UK. Two white blinkered horses, a driver and a footman is an extreme version of this.
    20140514_chinese wedding carriageA.jpg
  • At a Hindu wedding the newly wed bride, Shweta Singhal  (centre) supports her sobbing mother on one side and brother on the other as she and her husband, Rohit, leave the wedding ceremony after its climatic conclusion  to begin a new life, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India
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  • The climax of a Hindu wedding. Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap whilst a priest together with the bride's mother and closest family members look on as the groom Rohit, places around his newly wed wife a necklace with a gold locket, which is sign of a married women. The guests sprinkle  the newly weds in a shower of pink rose petals, Neemrana Fort, Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0227_1.jpg
  • The climax of a Hindu wedding. Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap whilst a priest together with the bride's mother and closest family members look on as the groom Rohit, places around his newly wed wife a necklace with a gold locket, which is sign of a married women. The guests sprinkle  the newly weds in a shower of pink rose petals, Neemrana Fort, Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0206_1.jpg
  • The climax of a Hindu wedding. Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap whilst a priest together with the bride's mother and closest family members look on as the groom Rohit, places around his newly wed wife a necklace with a gold locket, which is sign of a married women. The guests sprinkle  the newly weds in a shower of pink rose petals, Neemrana Fort, Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0203_1.jpg
  • The climax of a Hindu wedding. Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap whilst a priest together with the bride's mother and closest family members look on as the groom Rohit, places around his newly wed wife a necklace with a gold locket, which is sign of a married women. The guests sprinkle  the newly weds in a shower of pink rose petals, Neemrana Fort, Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0198_1.jpg
  • At a Hindu wedding the newly wed bride, Shweta Singhal,  looks out of the car window in a mixture of sadness and happiness as she departs with her husband, Rohit, to begin a new life, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0353_1.jpg
  • At a Hindu wedding the newly wed bride shortly before her departure to begin a new life, has a floral hairpiece placed on her head which flows down her back. Flowers are an important part of a wedding ceremony as they signify beauty, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
    20071128_india_0351_1.jpg
  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony, bride Shweta Singhal has groom Rohit dip his wedding ring into  a red powder known as sindoor and marks  his newly wed wife forehead as a sign of their marriage, they are surrounded vy most of their most immediate families, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony, bride Shweta Singhal and groom Rohit clasp each others hands with a handful of puffed rice which is then thrown into a fire as an offering to the god of fire, Agni. Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony, bride Shweta Singhal and groom Rohit clasp each others hands with a handful of puffed rice which is then thrown into a fire as an offering to the god of fire, Agni. Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India
    20071128_india_0248_1.jpg
  • During the course of a Hindu wedding ceremony, flower petals, and other offerings, such as Turmeric, sandlewood, salt, rice, bananas and many other ingredients accumulate on the ground surrounding the wedding couple as part of the marriage ritual, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • During the course of a Hindu wedding ceremony, flower petals, and other offerings, such as Turmeric, sandlewood, bananas and many other ingredients accumulate on the ground surrounding the wedding couple as part of the marriage ritual, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony the just married bride bids her emotional farewells to all her immediate family in which, on marriage she will now adopt her husband's caste as her own,  Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony groom Rohit has an auspicious red mark called a tilak, made of sandlewood, placed on his forehead as a blessing, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • At a Hindu wedding ceremony groom Rohit has an auspicious red mark called a tilak, made of sandlewood, placed on his forehead as a blessing, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • A Hindu bride, Shweta Singhal has three garlands of flowers placed around her neck by her newly wed husband in a ceremony known as Jaimaal, as guests and family of the couple look on in happiness, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan India.
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  • Chinese bride has her wedding photos taken outside St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom. This tradition of having your wedding photographs taken around the city in front of famous landmarks is very common in particular amongst Asian couples prior to their wedding day.
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  • Chinese bride has her wedding photos taken as a bus with the words House Proud passes outside St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, United Kingdom. This tradition of having your wedding photographs taken around the city in front of famous landmarks is very common in particular amongst Asian couples prior to their wedding day.
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  • A groom dressed in turban and festooned in a large garland of flowers is surrounded by women from his village as he sits patiently for the wedding ceremony  to begin, Salawas, Rajasthan, India.
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  • At a Hindu wedding the bride groom arrives at the venue of the ceremong with his family and friends and is greeted by the bride's family and friends, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • White London taxi cab dressed in ribbons for a wedding London, UK. Traditionally the Black cab, this classic white version is being hired as a wedding car instead.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On her wedding day a bride leaves the church and head down Fleet Street to her wedding party.
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  • Blue cans attached to the back of a wedding car in Warwick, England, United Kingdom. This is a popular way to see the newlyweds off, tin cans rattling behind their car. The tradition originated as a way of keeping evil spirits away from the happy couple.
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  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On their wedding day a bride and groom leave the church and head down Fleet Street to their wedding party.
    20150704_summer city bride_B.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. On their wedding day a bride and groom leave the church and head down Fleet Street to their wedding party.
    20150704_summer city bride_A.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Waving goodbye to the Southbank.
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  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here the group go crazy to a well known Chinese song being played by two of their party.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_J.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here the group go crazy to a well known Chinese song being played by two of their party.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_H.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here the group go crazy to a well known Chinese song being played by two of their party.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_G.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here the group go crazy to a well known Chinese song being played by two of their party.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_F.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here the group go crazy to a well known Chinese song being played by two of their party.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_D.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.  Here, two of the party sang a well known Chinese song to a thrilled audience, who went crazy.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_B.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.  Here, two of the party sang a well known Chinese song to a thrilled audience, who went crazy.
    20130927_chinese wedding song joy_A.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding phones_A.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple kissing, were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank, here riding as a group on the Marry-go-round. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding merry go ro...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married. Here a thrilled maid of honour.
    20130927_chinese wedding maid of hon...jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_F.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_E.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_D.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_C.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_B.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding couple_A.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. Here a slightly bemused busker played songs for them and was then given a lot of money. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding busker_D.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. Here a slightly bemused busker played songs for them and was then given a lot of money. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding busker_C.jpg
  • Chinese wedding party of friends and relatives descend upon the South Bank. Here a slightly bemused busker played songs for them and was then given a lot of money. The happy couple who were from Beijing had only been in London for one day, having travelled to the UK just to get married.
    20130927_chinese wedding busker_B.jpg
  • Summertime in London, England, UK. Chinese bride out having her photos taken in the very busy area of Westminster where numbers of tourists is the summer increases greatly. Tourism being one of the key income sectors for the UK. The United Kingdom is the world's 8th biggest tourist destination, with more than 30 million visiting each year.
    20150703_summer city westminster tou...jpg
  • Top hats are stacked along with their head size labels on shelves inside a branch of meanswear rental business Moss Bros, on 14th October 2000, in London, England.
    moss_bros_hats-14-10-2001.jpg
  • As a young man looks on, a young girl poses with a Scottish piper in Gretna Green where Britain's wedding couples converge for a quickie marriage. Gretna Green is one of the world's most popular wedding destinations; hosting over 5000 weddings each year or one of every six Scottish weddings. Gretna's famous runaway marriages began in 1753 when an Act of Parliament, Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act, was passed in England, which stated that if both parties to a marriage were not at least 21 years old, then consent to the marriage had to be given by the parents. This Act did not apply in Scotland, where it was possible for boys to get married at 14 and girls at 12 years old with or without parental consent.
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  • Newlywed groom Paul and bride Zoe have just been married at a nearby beach venue and continue their wedding ceremony by eating bags of chips on the shingle overlooking the Thames Estuary at Whitstable,  on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, large social gatherings such as weddings are currently restricted to a maximum of 30 guests and officlas so Paul and Zoes own ceremony was witnessed by just a few family and friends.
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  • Newlywed groom Paul and bride Zoe have just been married at a nearby beach venue and continue their wedding ceremony by eating bags of chips on the shingle overlooking the Thames Estuary at Whitstable,  on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, large social gatherings such as weddings are currently restricted to a maximum of 30 guests and officlas so Paul and Zoes own ceremony was witnessed by just a few family and friends.
    whitstable_beach24-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Newlywed groom Paul and bride Zoe have just been married at a nearby beach venue and continue their wedding ceremony by eating bags of chips on the shingle overlooking the Thames Estuary at Whitstable,  on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions, large social gatherings such as weddings are currently restricted to a maximum of 30 guests and officlas so Paul and Zoes own ceremony was witnessed by just a few family and friends.
    whitstable_beach23-18-07-2020.jpg
  • A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, has been the site of many "quickie" celebrity weddings. It is noted for its Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows. It was established in 1951, and has married about 800,000 couples.
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  • A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, has been the site of many "quickie" celebrity weddings. It is noted for its Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows. It was established in 1951, and has married about 800,000 couples.
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  • A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, has been the site of many "quickie" celebrity weddings. It is noted for its Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows. It was established in 1951, and has married about 800,000 couples.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai065.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai062.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai060.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai058.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai049.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai047.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai034.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai029.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai024.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai018.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai014.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai004.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai001.jpg
  • The Republican campain calling for the abolition of the Royal family held their own street party in Red Lion Square in Holborn, London. A republican with a a tea cup saying: I am not a Royal Wedding mug.
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  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
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  • Coaxing a young guest to eat some lunch after a civil wedding ceremony in Essex, England. Family members of parents, aunts and an infant cousin are sitting by an open door when feeding and food is of great importance after hours of formal ceremony. The little boy is reluctant to eat a meal made especially for him before being allowed to eat wedding sweets and cake. This European wedding has taken place inside a covered Orangery at a private wedding and event venue. Rather than marrying in a religious context, the happy couple have preferred to tie the knot in this popular setting for a non-church meaning.
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  • A wedding in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 12 March 2009. The coastal city of Wenzhou and surrounding countrysides are known for its hard working private entrepreneurs and the resulting wealth. In this region marriage such as this one is a particular important occasion not only for the newly weds but also for the groom's family to show its wealth and social standing. Here the wedding banquet slowly becomes a rowdy party where guests make the newly weds drink and perform difficult acts.
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  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_Z.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_X.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_T.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_R.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_O.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_M.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_I.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_E.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_D.jpg
  • Bride arrives for her wedding in a vintage Rolls Royce, making her entrance via the 'Goods entrance' at the Connaught Rooms in central London, UK. For such a well to do wedding this dirty back street, which is normally used as a 'smokers corner' provides a huge contract to the bride in her white satin dress and guests in their expensive dresses. They all seemed very happy to be arriving through the back door though, as the atmosphere was one of laughter and smiles.
    20150208_bride arrival back street_A.jpg
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