Malay wedding : general view [4]



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28 Aug 1994

Photographed By Lee, Kip Lin

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This 1994 photograph shows guests at a Malay wedding, at block no. 44 Moh Guan Terrace. The guests are seated at rows of tables under a tent, next a block of HDB flats. Title devised by Library staff.


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Malays (Asian people)--Marriage customs and rites--Singapore--Photographs

Weddings--Singapore--Photographs

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Marriage customs

Customs

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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