Before the marriage ceremony, South Africa East, 1933

„Tinana. Neben der Kirche, vor einer Trauung: oben die Braut mit ihrer Gruppe, unten die Gruppe des Bräutigams“ („Tinana. Beside the church, before a marriage ceremony: above the bride with her group, below the group of the bridegroom“). About thirty people standing next to a building. One group is standing on the right side a bit lower than the other group further left. The people of the right group are predominantly wrapped in draperies. One of them is holding an umbrella. They are standing with their back to the photographer, watching the other group further left. The bride in this group is wearing a long white dress and a veil. Someone is holding an umbrella over her head. At the entrance of the building a man standing, wearing a suit. Two other women on the left side, standing with their back to the photographer, wearing dresses or skirts and draperies on their shoulders.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).