Digital Photograph - Groomsmen Preparing for Wedding with Beer & a Live Chicken, Backyard, Thomastown, 1971

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Item MM 110984 Digital Photograph - Groomsmen Preparing for Wedding with Beer & a Live Chicken, Backyard, Thomastown, 1971

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Group of 5 men and 2 boys in a backyard of a house. The men are wearing suits, holding beer and a live chicken. This photograph shows Todorce Spasevski as the best man in a wedding, and the groom, and other members of the family, Thomastown, 1971. Todorce Spasevski is holding a live chicken, which he will be taking to the bride's house to kill in honour of her as a virgin. This is a Macedonian custom.

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Collection Names

Melbourne's Biggest Family Album
Collecting Areas

Migration & Cultural Diversity
Acquisition Information

Copied from Mrs Mary Sparrius, 09 Dec 2006
Place & Date Depicted

Thomastown, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1971
Source of Date Depicted: Inscription on back of photograph.
Photographer

Unknown Source
Individuals Identified

Spasevski, Todorce; (surname unknown), Peco; other people unknown
Format

Digital file, TIFF, Colour
Inscriptions

1971 / Best man / Thomastown
Classification

Migration, Settlement - cultural & social life, Weddings
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

History
Type of item

Image
Keywords

Celebrations, Families, Rituals, Weddings

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