This is a marriage between two members of a religious community in
Australia. The bride and groom grew up together within the group and
now will move into a small timber house on the group's land. The
community restricts the amount of time the children can dedicate to
media such as television and radio and children are schooled at
home. The community uses the computer only as an aid to business.
Also, they look after their land and share work load and
responsibility such as their bakery and their restaurant business.
The share of work is equal and their assets, including the land and
each of the homes belong to the community as a group. I was invited
to the wedding and, together with other guests and community members
, I took photographs. I was attracted by the group's identifying
traits of appearance; like the traditional dresses, the wedding
customs and altogether traits of a natural lifestyle void of our
modern necessities. The children's ability to sing is without doubt
special and, as one elder explained, "since the children don't watch
television they have time to learn how to dance, sing and bake
cookies". |
