DDP has a young staff and we are always having weddings of the staff, here in Phnom Penh and in the provinces. The latest one was Mr. Heng Ravy, our Job Training Project assistant, who married Ms. Roeun Srey March.
Before the wedding: A Cambodian wedding, even a Catholic wedding, is quite different from a Catholic wedding in the United States. Here is the sanctuary prepared for the ceremony.Before the wedding: No organ for these weddings. They usually do have an electronic keyboard and guitar but this one also had these traditional percussion instruments to accompany a blessing dance that was part of the event.The ceremony lasted nearly two hours with various cultural additions. Finally when it was over many of the congregation gathered for a group photo with the newly married couple.Ravy the groom is our staff member and afterwards the DDP staff who were present posed with Ravy and Srey March. The two women on the right are the only Catholic members of the DDP staff.
