Traditional Dress

I will be the model for this dress this time. I wore this dress because I was invited by my officemate to attend her wedding and she said since this is my first time I should wear their traditional dress. She has a lot of traditional dress. They celebrated their marriage for one week, from engagement to getting to know both family sides, anyway this is their tradition especially marriage.  At the wedding day the bride wore an Apsara costume and they have some rituals at morning, the groom will go to the bride’s house and bring something including the guest invited by both sides.  The monk is the mediator and they do some rituals.  I did not witness the whole event but I have some pictures to show off the morning activities at the day of marriage. Then at night time the bride will change clothes 12 times and it’s the same color with the groom its lively to look at and the last they will wear is white color. Then we dance and have some food also so that we will not hungry. Some women in here will not wear their traditional dress because they wear it already in day time celebration so they wear party dress at night time. This is what I learned if they married the Cambodian women.         

The groom will pay the parents of the bride and that is the money they will use during the preparation.  The bride and groom will change clothes 12 times at night celebration.         
The parents can demand how much they will asked if ever the bride is educated, beautiful and have stable job.       
Arrange marriage is part of their culture and divorce is allowed

The bride meet the groom and they will go inside the bride's house for exchanging bows and do some rituals.

Part of their morning rituals.

The bride in Apsara Custome, she's waiting the groom

Night celebration where in this is the last dress they wore.

This i wear when i attend the wedding.