Dance after the marriage ceremony, South Africa East, 1933

„Zincuka. Neben der Kirche (links Glocke). Tanz der Hochzeitsgäste nach der Trauung“ („Zincuka. Beside the church (left bell). Dance of the wedding guests after the marriage ceremony“). A group of people standing next to a building. Some of them are dancing. In the middle a bridal couple. The bride is wearing a white wedding dress and a veil, holding an umbrella in her left hand. The bridegroom is wearing a dark suit, a necktie and a hat, holding a stick in his right hand. Both are wearing white gloves. Trees in the background.; 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).; c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09361.