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Photographing the wedding fireworks, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
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Photographing the wedding fireworks, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China

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  • Dong women in traditional attire watching wedding festivities from a balcony overlooking the street, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
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Card game between two Dong youngsters watched avidly by two even younger boys.  <br />
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I saw these boys playing cards on a side street during wedding festivities in Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China.  They were so engrossed in the game they paid no attention to me and my camera, making for a great candid photography opportunity.<br />
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To see what happens next, click here: <a href="http://goo.gl/9ZjNwf">http://goo.gl/9ZjNwf</a><br />
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15/06/15  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Three ethnic Dong elders<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China<br />
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Sorry for only limited commenting, but I'm on the road and only have a few minutes to comment on my top favs for the days!  <br />
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A few other photos from the village can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/AgTCwV">http://goo.gl/AgTCwV</a><br />
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17/06/25  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Start of the parade, with small children carrying light weight items such as pillows.<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, Southern China
  • Young women and children carryig wedding gifts throuogh firecracker remnants.<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, Southern China
  • Long parade of wedding gifts.<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, Southern China
  • Young guys carrying furniture wedding gifts.<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, Southern China
  • Young guys covered with firecracker soot carrying wedding furniture.<br />
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Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, Southern China
  • Playing with fire<br />
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Wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Flying debris, smoke and lound noise from exploding firecrackers<br />
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Wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Exploding firecrackers, smoke and debris<br />
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Wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Fireworks, the aftermath (street cleaner's nightmare)<br />
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Wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Large fireworks box.<br />
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Wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Soot-covered Dong youth at wedding festivities, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Similng Dong mother with baby, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Fun (or not) with fireworks, Huanggang Dong Village wedding festivities, Guizhou Province, China
  • Photographing the wedding fireworks, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Gathering of older women, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China
  • Wedding gift parade<br />
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During the wedding festivities in Huanggand Dong Village they were setting off a lot of firecrackers and the street was littered with firecracker debris.  Suddently I saw a parade of people coming down the street carrying wedding gifts. It was amazing to see the volume and variety of gifts from small linen items, carried by children to large pieces of  furniture, carried by the young men.   There was lots of red colour, which is the Chinese wedding colour.<br />
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Several photos of the parade can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/OWFBd7">http://goo.gl/OWFBd7</a><br />
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28/06/15  <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Pyrotechnic cacophony 'fireworks, bangers' and 'a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds'<br />
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Running with live fireworks, Huanggang Dong Village, Guizhou Province, China<br />
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After the parade of wedding gifts, the festivies degenerated into a loud, ear splitting cacophony, and a seemingly random unorganized fireworks frenzy.  A popular 'trick' was lighting the end of a long red string of firecrakers and running down the street dragging the exploding string, as seen here. <br />
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Other photos of the somewhat dangerous 'festivities' can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/pFpaz2">http://goo.gl/pFpaz2</a><br />
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03/07/15 www allenfotowild.com
  • nelli

    on July 5, 2015

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