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Place:Sheung Shui Bou Sheung Tsuen
Date:1964-10-21
Observation:When the ‘raiding party’ reaches the bride’s house, it finds the doorway fortified against entry. It is customary for the groom and his friends to bargain with the bride’s people over a sum of money to be paid for being allowed in. In this case the bargaining went on for upwards of an hour.

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