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Mandi Belawat

Posted by anakbrunei (Jangsak, Brunei Darussalam) on 11 April 2007 in People & Portraits.

The "mandi belawat" is a blessing ceremony for a baby which takes place soon after the child is born. Both baby and parents are anointed by elder members of the family with aromatic flowers.
 

Canon EOS 350D
1/200 second
F/4.0
ISO 400
21 mm

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