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This is the most interesting part of the wedding ceremony called "Khan Mark" My father's relations are walking to my mother's house and before they can go into my mother's house, they have to pass the silver and gold gate first. They have to give some money to them and then they can go in. The two women in the picture on the right are the first gate. You can seem them holding a piece of string stopping the procession.

They are getting ready to pay respect to the dead ancestors, in Thai it is called "wai phee" (paying respect to the ghosts). My father and my mother are doing it in the right picture.

My father's relations are opening gifts for the bride and my father is giving my mother a bracelet and something else like a ring and a neckless.

My father and my mother are paying respect to my mother's parents and getting ready to listen to the monks chanting by lighting the candles and incense sticks.

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