At a bride price ceremony, women from the Dinka Yirrol tribe carry a large embroidered cloth over the head of the groom, Sydney, 2015 / Conor Ashleigh
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- 7459982
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- Picture
- Author:
- Ashleigh, Conor, 1987-, photographer
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Description:
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- 2015
- 1 online resource (1 photograph) : TIFF file, colour
- Series:
- Australia's South Sudanese refugee community, 2010-2015.
- Summary:
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"At a bride price ceremony in Western Sydney, women from the Dinka Yirol tribe carry a large embroidered cloth over the head of the groom as he enters a hall in Western Sydney. As part of the traditional marriage ceremony, the elders of both communities must agree on a dowry price to be paid by the groom. After more than 5 hours of discussions it was agreed the groom would pay 210 cows and 20 goats approximately $65,000 AU."--Information supplied by photographer.
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- Part of the collection: Australia's South Sudanese refugee community, 2010-2015.
- Subject:
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- Sudanese Australians -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Sudanese -- Marriage customs and rites -- Photographs
- Bride price -- Sudan -- Photographs
- Bridegrooms -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Weddings -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Photographs
- Dinka (African people) -- Photographs
- Refugees -- Sudan -- Photographs
- Occupation:
- Refugees
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