Wedding tea, India, ca. 1930

Black and white lantern slide showing an Indian bride and groom cutting their wedding cake following their marriage ceremony. One Indian lady and two older female European missionaries stand in the background. The table is set with tea-cups. The bride wears a white sari with a veil, and the groom wears a high-collared jacket, a sherwani. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.

本黑白玻璃幻灯片展现了一对印度新婚夫妇在婚礼仪式结束后切分婚礼蛋糕的场景。背景中站有一位印度女性与两位年长的欧洲女性传教士，桌上陈设着成套茶杯。新娘身着带有面纱的白色纱丽（sari），新郎则身穿高领长款谢尔瓦尼礼服（sherwani）。该幻灯片出自域外传教联合会（Regions Beyond Missionary Union）传教士所创建的藏品系列，该机构是一家跨宗派新教福音传教组织，其活动范围涵盖印度东北部（比哈尔邦与奥里萨邦）及尼泊尔。