http://thingsasian.com/taxonomy/term/307/all?sort_by=totalcount en http://thingsasian.com/story/water-dai-wedding-xishuangbana <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As is the Dai custom, a party has been sent out from the groom's village, consisting of the groom and his family, off to the bride's village, about 30 km to the north, to pick her up. Perhaps this custom is a throwback to the days when the tradition was likely better known as kidnapping.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:24:29 +0000 Anonymous 2779 at http://thingsasian.com