ពិធីហែរជំនូន - Dowry Delegation

This clothing style is wearing when the groom family delivering the dowry to the pride family. In Cambodia, the groom must pay th dowry to the pride. In fact, the dowry is paid when the engagement procession. But in this time is happened to fulfill the culture and traditional custom. This picture is to show that the groom has arrived with the dowry and gifted to the pride to make all the duty is completed. But this is not all the completion of the wedding party, the dowry coming end is just the beginning of the whole wedding party. 

When the arrival of the dowry the parts of the groom family must give the dowry to the pride. And they all make a soft salutation bake and froth, as you can see here is the groom respect the pride!

And here the second picture, the pride has proven her soft, gentle and kind manner saluting her husband. When the dowry time is completed, all together join inside the pride's house and start the wedding party day one!

 

The groom with his dowry delegation from a set area to the pride's where the wedding is celebrated. The place where the groom starting from is just a pretended place or if the groom home is near or around the pride home we can set the dowry walking from the groom's house.

All the guests picture who come to help the wedding party. You know, we love each other and share our helps back and froth, this is the real Khmer custom.

Rytthy

Cambodia