We had the pleasure of photographing Julie & Ricky’s engagement party. They had a traditional Vietnamese engagement ceremony called a Dam Hoi. At the Dam Hoi, the groom-to-be and his parents come over to the bride-to-be’s house with gifts to formally request their daughters hand in marriage. The families are then formally introduced to each other, and the groom-to-be presents his bride-to-be the engagement ring. At the end of the ceremony, the bride-to-be’s family takes half of each gift (fruits, teas, roasted pig…) and returns the other half to the groom-to-be’s side.


Julie spying on the boys as they prepare their entrance.









Julie. Ricky. Dam Hoi.
by Caroline
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